Haiku (Joey Calderazzo album)
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| Haiku | |
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| Recording by | |
| Released | 2004 |
| Recorded | August 2002 |
| Venue | George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Marsalis Music |
| Producer | Branford Marsalis |
Haiku is a solo piano album by Joey Calderazzo. It was recorded in 2002 and released by Marsalis Music.
The album of solo piano performances by Calderazzo was recorded in August 2002.[1] For the album, he played a Steinway piano at the George Weston Recital Hall in Toronto.[2] The material is a mix of standards, Calderazzo originals, and one composition each by Branford Marsalis and Kenny Kirkland.[3] Marsalis was also the album's producer.[2]
Release and reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [1] |
Haiku was released by Marsalis Music in 2004.[3] The AllMusic reviewer described it as "thoughtful, lyrical, melodic, and a bit introspective", and suggested that its quietness prevented it from being more than "merely a brilliant set of restrained improvising".[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "an astoundingly good record" and wrote that "There's no sense of right and left [hands] working independently, but rather as a unit".[1] The JazzTimes wrote that "most of Haiku vacillates oddly between overstatement and understatement" and that the slower pieces were meandering and too long.[2]