Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner

Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner
Live album by Jaki Byard
Released	February 20, 2007
Recorded	June 1978 Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	59:51
Label	HighNote HCD 7169
Producer	Joe Fields
Jaki Byard chronology
The Changes of Life (2004) Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner (2007) A Matter of Black and White (2011)

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

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".^[3]

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" (Charles Mingus) - 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

• Jaki Byard – piano

References