Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Six
# Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Six

Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Six is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Hal Galper, recorded in 1990.

## Music and recording

The album was recorded in July 1990 at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California. Galper commented that, "I was approaching it with a perfectionist attitude, like I had to have everything worked out. And I was getting more and more uptight about it. So I threw all my plans out the window! I went in with 20 or 25 songs that I had sort of done things on, and I winged it!"

## Release and reception

Professional ratings :

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

Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Six was released by Concord Records. The AllMusic reviewer commented that "Galper goes about each task armed with a keen rhythmic sense and a fount of harmonic knowledge." The Penguin Guide to Jazz concluded that "Galper's touch is exact; the ideas come unimpeded but rarely glibly. There is, though, a lack of any real drama, and the set doesn't repay repeated listening."

## Track listing

* "Spoken Introduction"
* "Whisper Not"
* "It Never Was You"
* "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm"
* "A Kiss to Build a Dream On"
* "Willow Weep for Me"
* "The Touch of Your Lips"
* "Bemsha Swing"
* "Detour Ahead"
* "Airegin"

## Personnel

* Hal Galper – piano
