Haiku (Joey Calderazzo album)
# Haiku (Joey Calderazzo album)

Haiku is a solo piano album by Joey Calderazzo. It was recorded in 2002 and released by Marsalis Music.

## Recording and music

The album of solo piano performances by Calderazzo was recorded in August 2002. For the album, he played a Steinway piano at the George Weston Recital Hall in Toronto. The material is a mix of standards, Calderazzo originals, and one composition each by Branford Marsalis and Kenny Kirkland. Marsalis was also the album's producer.

## Release and reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | |

Haiku was released by Marsalis Music in 2004. The AllMusic reviewer described it as "thoughtful, lyrical, melodic, and a bit introspective", and suggested that its quietness prevented it from being more than "merely a brilliant set of restrained improvising". The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "an astoundingly good record" and wrote that "There's no sense of right and left [hands] working independently, but rather as a unit". The JazzTimes wrote that "most of Haiku vacillates oddly between overstatement and understatement" and that the slower pieces were meandering and too long.

## Track listing

* "Bri's Dance"
* "Haiku"
* "The Legend of Dan"
* "Chopin"
* "Just One of Those Things"
* "Dienda"
* "A Thousand Autumns"
* "Dancin' for Singles"
* "My One and Only Love"
* "Bri's Dance – Revisited"

## Personnel

* Joey Calderazzo – piano
