Maybeck Recital Hall

Maybeck Recital Hall, also known as Maybeck Studio for Performing Arts, is located inside the Kennedy-Nixon House located at 1537 Euclid Avenue in Berkeley, California, USA. It was built in 1914 by Bernard Maybeck. The hall seats up to 50 people and was designed upon commission for the Nixon family, local arts patrons who wanted a live-in studio for their daughter Milda's piano teacher, Mrs. Alma Kennedy. The room is paneled in unfinished clear-heart redwood, which contributes to an unusually rich and warm, yet bright and clear acoustic quality. There are two grand pianos in the space: a Yamaha S-400, and a Yamaha C7. Maybeck originally designed the space to accommodate an 1898 7-foot Bechstein.

In 1923, the hall was destroyed in a hillside fire. It was rebuilt quickly by Maybeck.

Milda Nixon lived at the residence until her death in 1981 at the age of 92. Her adopted son, Charles R. Fulweiler, Phd., then held the house for several years.

In 1987, the house was purchased by jazz pianist Dick Whittington, who opened the hall for public recitals.

Between 1989 and 1995, Concord Records produced 42 solo piano recitals in Maybeck Recital Hall. Each recital featured a different jazz pianist, and all 42 recordings were released on CD. Concord also recorded 10 jazz duets at Maybeck during the same time period, which were also released as a series of CDs sold by Concord.

In 1996, the house was purchased by Gregory Moore. The recital hall is no longer open for public concerts, although it is used for private concerts which are attended by invitation only.

Albums

Live at Maybeck series

Volume	Artist
1	Joanne Brackeen
2	Dave McKenna
3	Dick Hyman
4	Walter Norris
5	Stanley Cowell
6	Hal Galper
7	John Hicks
8	Gerry Wiggins
9	Marian McPartland
10	Kenny Barron
11	Roger Kellaway
12	Barry Harris
13	Steve Kuhn
14	Alan Broadbent
15: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Fifteen	Buddy Montgomery
16: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen	Hank Jones
17	Jaki Byard
18	Mike Wofford
19	Richie Beirach
20	Jim McNeely
21	Jessica Williams
22	Ellis Larkins
23	Gene Harris
24	Adam Makowicz
25	Cedar Walton
26	Bill Mays
27	Denny Zeitlin
28	Andy LaVerne
29	John Campbell
30	Ralph Sutton
31	Fred Hersch
32	Roland Hanna
33	Don Friedman
34	Kenny Werner
35	George Cables
36: Toshiko Akiyoshi at Maybeck	Toshiko Akiyoshi
37	John Colianni
38	Ted Rosenthal
39	Kenny Drew, Jr.
40	Monty Alexander
41	Allen Farnham
42	James Williams

Concord Duo series

External links

The Maybeck Recital Hall Piano Series: An Oral History

Coordinates: 37°52′50″N 122°15′40″W / 37.88056°N 122.26111°W / 37.88056; -122.26111

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