Live at the Carlyle

Artist: Marian McPartland Label: Prevue Records Category: Music Average customer rating: Format: Live Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 601704002521 EAN: 0601704002521 ASIN: B00000JK38 Release Date: 1999-09-27

Tracks:

1. Like Someone in Love
2. Ill Wind
3. One Morning in May
4. Crystal Silence
5. Giant Steps
6. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
7. Surrey With the Fringe on Top
8. Star Eyes
9. Delicate Balance
10. For All We Know
11. All the Things You Are
12. Skylark

Customer Reviews:

One of my favorite players at her best.......2004-04-07

Her playing is inventive and complex, and the interaction between her and the rhythm section is delightful. I find this to be one of the most impressive McPartland trios on record. Steve LaSpina is a top-tier bassist (a requirement, it seems, to land a gig with McPartland), and Michael DiPasqua has some serious chops that he uses to embellish beautifully without being overbearing. I have always been disappointed that this trio - as far as I know - only made this one album.

The performances run the gamut from Marian's hard-driving solo on "Surrey", and aggressive runs at "Like Someone In Love" and "Giant Steps"; to pieces like "Ill Wind", "Crystal Silence", Marian's "Delicate Balance", and others, which demonstrate why there is virtually no one else I would rather hear take ballads to the piano.

The disc features a pair of additional tracks not included on the original vinyl: "All The Things You Are" which allows Marian to spotlight some of her classical training, and "Skylark", which is right in Marian's wheelhouse as one of the all-time great balladeers.

A marvelous live date, and highly recommended.

Good live date from 1979.......2000-03-19

The disk includes her best version of "Like Someone in Love" (also heard on the import "At the London House" disk and on "Live at Yoshi's Nitespot"). The remaining repertoire is typically adventurous: Chick Corea's "Crystal Silence," John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" and her own "A Delicate Balance."

Be aware that there is an audible flaw in the master on "Crystal Silence" (at least on my copy) and that each track fades at the end, which somewhat compromises the sense that you are listening to a live recording.

In short, this is probably among the second tier of McPartland's recordings, but it's the one I pull off the shelf when I want to hear "Like Someone in Love" and "All the Things You Are."

Music CD:

1. On Broadway, Vol. 3 ~ Paul Motian
2. Heavy Merge ~ Heavy Merge
3. Jazz Profile ~ Dexter Gordon
4. For the Ears ~ Sir Charles Thompson
5. Jazz Profile ~ Miles Davis
6. Message From Hambro ~ Lenny Hambro
7. What Kind of Woman ~ Soul 'N' Soda
8. Up and Down ~ Milcho Leviev
9. Singin' the Blues ~ Billie Holiday
10. Tongue in Groove ~ Joey Baron

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

The Bass That Ate Miami ~ Various Artists

Frankie & Johnny/Paradise, Hawaiian Style ~ Elvis Presley

5-Way Switch ~ Fat Amy

Night in Old Town ~ Susan & the Surftones

Bright ~ Bright

Soul Grooves ~ Gladys Knight & the Pips

Baddest Love Jams, Vol. 1 ~ Various Artists

Ain't No Thang Like the Game ~ M.C. A.D.E. Along With C.B.C.

Reflection Eternal Instrumenta ~ Kweli , and Hi-Tek

Back to Da Hood of Things ~ JV