Released February 20, 2007 Artist Jaki Byard Producer Joe Fields Genre Jazz | Length 59:51 Release date 20 February 2007 Label HighNote Records | |
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Recorded June 1978
Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA Sunshine of My Soul Live at the Keystone Korner
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Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner is a solo performance by American jazz pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1978 and released as a live album on the HighNote label in 2007.
Contents
Reception
AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek states, "Byard was a true giant of jazz and this set, in excellent sound, displays all of the reasons". All About Jazz's George Kanzler noted "Byard was at his uninhibited best as a solo pianist and this CD unearths a sterling solo set recorded in 1978 at a San Francisco jazz club".
Track listing
All compositions by Jaki Byard except as indicated
- "Tribute to the Ticklers" - 3:46
- "Charles Mingus Medley: Fables of Faubus/Peggy's Blue Skylight" (Charles Mingus) - 6:27
- "Hazy Eve" - 6:43
- "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) - 4:15
- "Excerpts from Songs of Proverbs" - 6:44
- "Boogie Woogie In and Out" - 3:59
- "Emil" - 4:27
- "Bésame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez) - 8:37
- "Sunshine" - 5:15
- "Two Different Worlds" (Al Frisch, Sid Wayne) - 5:05
- "European Episodes" - 4:33
Personnel
Songs
1Tribute to the Ticklers3:47
2Fables of Faubus / Peggy's Blue Skylight6:28
3Hazy Eve6:43
References
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