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.HighNote discography accessed August 24, 2014
Reception
AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek states, "Byard was a true giant of jazz and this set, in excellent sound, displays all of the reasons".Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 24, 2014 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".Kanzler, G., All About Jazz review, March 8, 2008
Track listing All compositions by Jaki Byard except as indicated "Tribute to the Ticklers" - 3:46 "Charles Mingus Medley: Fables of Faubus/Peggy's Blue Skylight/So Long Eric" (Charles Mingus) ["So Long Eric" is not listed] - 6:27 "Hazy Eve" - 6:43 "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) - 4:15 "Excerpts from Songs of Proverbs" - 6:44 "Boogie Woogie In and Out" - 3:59 "Emil" - 4:27 "Bésame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez) - 8:37 "Sunshine" - 5:15 "Two Different Worlds" (Al Frisch, Sid Wayne) - 5:05 "European Episodes" - 4:33
Personnel Jaki Byard – piano
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