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Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner

Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner is an album of a live solo performance by American jazz pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1978 and released as a CD on the HighNote label in 2007.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek states, "Byard was a true giant of jazz and this set, in excellent sound, displays all of the reasons".[2] 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".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Jaki Byard except as indicated

  1. "Tribute to the Ticklers" - 3:46
  2. "Charles Mingus Medley: Fables of Faubus/Peggy's Blue Skylight/So Long Eric" (Charles Mingus) ["So Long Eric" is not listed] - 6:27
  3. "Hazy Eve" - 6:43
  4. "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) - 4:15
  5. "Excerpts from Songs of Proverbs" - 6:44
  6. "Boogie Woogie In and Out" - 3:59
  7. "Emil" - 4:27
  8. "Bésame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez) - 8:37
  9. "Sunshine" - 5:15
  10. "Two Different Worlds" (Al Frisch, Sid Wayne) - 5:05
  11. "European Episodes" - 4:33

Personnel

References

  1. ^ HighNote discography accessed August 24, 2014
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 24, 2014
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Kanzler, G., All About Jazz review, March 8, 2008