A Matter of Black and White
A Matter of Black and White | ||||
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Live album by Jaki Byard | ||||
Released | March 22, 2011 | |||
Recorded | 1978 – 1979 | |||
Venue | Keystone Korner, San Francisco | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 55:51 | |||
Label | HighNote HCD 7219 | |||
Producer | Joe Fields | |||
Jaki Byard chronology | ||||
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A Matter of Black and White is a live album of solo performances by American jazz pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1978 and 1979 and released on the HighNote label.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
All About Jazz | [3] |
AllMusic reviewer Ken Dryden states, "Jaki Byard was a one-of-a-kind, a jazz musician who was immersed in the history of jazz and could easily intermingle contrasting styles, not only in the midst of a performance, but an individual tune".[2] Writing for All About Jazz, Charles Walker stated "Byard delivers a hodgepodge selection of standards and tributes, with the occasional original thrown in for good measure. But the meat of the program lies in the way he incorporates wildly disparate styles into their unfolding, all the while retaining an identifiably personal voice... a fine place to sample some of what makes him such a unique talent".[3] JazzTimes Thomas Conrad observed "any set of solo Byard is invaluable. His language, at once modern and archaic, blended stride and ragtime and abstraction and impish wit. When he played unaccompanied his imagination was set free".[4]
Track listing
- "Seasons" (Jaki Byard) - 5:12
- "Billie Holiday Tribute: God Bless the Child/Lover Man" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr./Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez) - 6:57
- "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin) - 4:21
- "Hello, Young Lovers" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 5:02
- "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" (Eddie DeLange, Louis Alter) - 7:01
- "I Know a Place" (Tony Hatch) - 3:37
- "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:41
- "Sunday" (Ned Miller) - 6:03
- "Ellington-Strayhorn Medley: Lush Life/Day Dream/Johnny Come Lately" (Billy Strayhorn/Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, John La Touche/Strayhorn) - 10:57
Personnel
- Jaki Byard – piano
References
- v
- t
- e
or
co-leader
- Here's Jaki (1961)
- Hi-Fly (1962)
- Out Front! (1964)
- Jaki Byard Quartet Live! (1965)
- The Last from Lennie's (1965 [2003])
- Freedom Together! (1966)
- On the Spot! (1967)
- Sunshine of My Soul (1967)
- Jaki Byard with Strings! (1968)
- The Jaki Byard Experience (1968)
- Live at the Jazz'Inn (1971)
- Duet! (1972)
- Family Man (1978)
- Improvisations (1981)
- The Magic of 2 (1982 [2013])
- Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1984)
- Phantasies (1984)
- Phantasies II (1988)
- Foolin' Myself (1988)
- The Changes of Life (1996)
- This Happening (1997)
- Night Leaves (1997)
- July in Paris (1998)
piano
- Blues for Smoke (1960 [1988])
- Solo Piano (1969)
- Parisian Solos (1971)
- The Entertainer (1972)
- There'll Be Some Changes Made (1972)
- Flight of the Fly (1976)
- Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner (1978 [2007])
- A Matter of Black and White (1978–79 [2011])
- The Late Show: An Evening with Jaki Byard (1979 [2014])
- To Them – To Us (1982)
- Jaki Byard at Maybeck (1991)
Charles
Mingus
- The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962)
- The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
- Town Hall Concert (1964)
- The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964)
- Mingus at Monterey (1964)
- Astral Weeks (1964)
- Cornell 1964 (1964)
- Revenge! (1964)
- Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (1970)
- Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970)
others
- Live in '65 (Art Blakey DVD, 1965)
- Body and Soul (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims, 1973)
- Double Exposure (Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson), 196061)
- Far Cry (Eric Dolphy, 1961)
- Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1961)
- How Time Passes (Don Ellis, 1960)
- New Ideas (Don Ellis, 1961)
- The Freedom Book (Booker Ervin, 1963)
- The Space Book (Booker Ervin, 1964)
- Groovin' High (Booker Ervin, 1963–64)
- The Trance (Booker Ervin, 1965)
- Setting the Pace (Dexter Gordon & Booker Ervin, 1965)
- Heavy!!! (Booker Ervin, 1966)
- Newport Suite (Maynard Ferguson, 1960)
- Let's Face the Music and Dance (Maynard Ferguson, 1960)
- Maynard '61 (Maynard Ferguson, 1960–61)
- Two's Company (Maynard Ferguson and Chris Connor, 1960–61)
- "Straightaway" Jazz Themes (Maynard Ferguson, 1961)
- Maynard '64 (Maynard Ferguson, 1961)
- Manhattan Plaza (Ricky Ford, 1978)
- Manhattan Blues (Ricky Ford, 1989)
- Ebony Rhapsody (Ricky Ford, 1990)
- American-African Blues (Ricky Ford, 1991)
- Honi Gordon Sings (Honi Gordon, 1962)
- Smackwater Jack (Quincy Jones, 1971)
- Five on Eight (Rufus "Speedy" Jones, 1964)
- Dr. Chicago (Clifford Jordan, 1984)
- Rip, Rig and Panic (Roland Kirk, 1965)
- Here Comes the Whistleman (Roland Kirk, 1966)
- Grits & Gravy (Eric Kloss, 1966)
- Sky Shadows (Eric Kloss, 1968)
- In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969)
- Involution (Michael Marcus, 1998)
- Charlie Mariano with His Jazz Group (Charlie Mariano, 1950)
- Modern Saxophone Stylings of Charlie Mariano (Charlie Mariano, 1951)
- Year of the Iron Sheep (Ken McIntyre, 1962)
- Home (Ken McIntyre, 1975)
- Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
- Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2, 1988)
- Body and Soul (Ray Nance, 1969)
- Life Is a Many Splendored Gig (Herb Pomeroy, 1957)
- "In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Dannie Richmond, 1965)
- Fuchsia Swing Song (Sam Rivers, 1964)
- Rhythm Is Our Business (Jordan Sandke, 1985)
- Lady Bird (Archie Shepp, 1978)
- Amarcord Nino Rota (Hal Willner, 1981)
- Musique du Bois (Phil Woods, 1974)