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Richie Beirach at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Nineteen is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Richie Beirach.

Richie Beirach at Maybeck
Live album by Richie Beirach
Recorded	January 5, 1992
Venue	Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California
Genre	Jazz
Label	Concord

Music and recording

The album was recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California[1] on January 5, 1992.[2] Most of the tracks are standards;[3] the final one, "Elm", is the only original, and comes from Beirach's 1979 album Elm.[2] The format "allows Beirach to exploit his romantic credentials with only a nominal interest in the usual bop formulas, and he throws in a few startling unorthodox glissandos here and there to shake everyone up. Very often, he works compellingly with repetitions in the left hand".[3]

Release and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]

The AllMusic reviewer described it as "A most absorbing recital, cleanly recorded."[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that his playing is less abstract than on other recordings, and that the standards are perhaps performed too elaborately.[4]

Track listing

1. "Introductory Announcement"
2. "All the Things You Are"
3. "On Green Dolphin Street"
4. "Some Other Time"
5. "You Don't Know What Love Is"
6. "Spring Is Here"
7. "All Blues"
8. "Over the Rainbow/Small World/In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"
9. "'Round Midnight"
10. "Remember"
11. "Elm"

Personnel

• Richie Beirach – piano

References

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