Recorded in Santa Ana, California on August 23, 1992. Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather.
All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology.
Solo performer: Dick Hyman (piano).
Recorded in Santa Ana, California on August 23, 1992. Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather.
Personnel: Dick Hyman (piano).
Liner Note Authors: Wayne Stahnke; J. Tamblyn Henderson; Leonard Feather.
Recording information: Santa Ana High School Auditorium, Santa Ana, CA (08/23/1992); Santa Ana, CA High School Auditorium (08/23/1992).
Editors: Gavin Martin; Wayne Stahnke.
Photographer: Jeff Kaufman.
Unknown Contributor Role: Jeff Kaufman.
Performed (as was Dick Hyman's previous Fats Waller project) on a Bosendorfer Reproducing Piano and actually recorded from the piano at a later date (one really cannot tell the difference), this outing finds the great Hyman interpreting 14 of Duke Ellington's compositions. Most intriguing are Ellington's nearly atonal "The Clothed Woman" and "Tonk" in which Hyman somehow duplicates an Ellington-Billy Strayhorn piano duet! Other highlights include the joyous "Drop Me Off In Harlem," "Doin' the Voom Voom," "Echoes of Harlem" and "The Gal from Joe's." The recording is as rewarding as one would expect. ~ Scott Yanow
Professional Reviews
JazzTimes (5/96, pp.74-75) - "...some twists and some surprises....this is a superb one-man show from start to finish..."
JazzTimes (5/93, pp.74-75) - "...some treats and some surprises....this is a superb one-man show from start to finish..."
Stereophile (2/3, pp.101-103) - "...Mr. Hyman both strides through these gems of American popular music with a splendid combination of panache and respect, and is the beneficiary of the finest, most natural recorded solo piano sound that I have yet to hear..."
