Solo Live (Michel Petrucciani album)

Solo Live is a solo piano album by Michel Petrucciani, recorded in 1997 at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Germany, and released on the Dreyfus label in 1998. A double-CD version of the concert was released in 2007, under the title Piano Solo: The Complete Concert in Germany, and featured 20 tracks instead of the original release's 11.

Solo Live
Live album by Michel Petrucciani
Released	1998 (1998)
Recorded	27 February 1997
Venue	Alte Oper (Frankfurt, Germany)
Genre	Jazz
Length	152:35
Label	Dreyfus
Michel Petrucciani chronology
Conférence de Presse Vol. 2 (1995) Solo Live (1998) Trio in Tokyo (1999)
Piano Solo: The Complete Concert in Germany cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz

Music

Most of the tracks are Petrucciani originals. "Looking Up" is "overtly optimistic and inherently hopeful"; "Home" is a "statement of warmth and comfort"; "Brazilian Like" is "orchestral and melodic to the point at which the tune remains in one's head long after its conclusion".

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded it four and a half stars and described it as "Petrucciani's lasting solo gift to the jazz world". The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave it a maximum four stars and added it to the suggested Core Collection list.

Track listing

All tracks written by Petrucciani, unless stated otherwise.

1998 CD Release

1. "Looking Up" – 4:24
2. "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez) – 4:03
3. "Rachid" – 2:22
4. "Chloé Meets Gershwin" – 4:08
5. "Home" – 3:40
6. "Brazilian Like" – 3:07
7. "Little Peace in C for U" – 4:12
8. "Romantic But Not Blue" – 3:22
9. "Trilogy in Blois (Morning Sun, Noon Sun and Night Sun in Blois)" – 11:29
10. "Caravan" (Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol) – 10:09
11. "She Did It Again" / "Take The A Train" (Billy Strayhorn) / "She Did It Again" – 4:53

2007 2CD Complete Release

1. "Colors" – 7:43
2. "Training" – 3:12
3. "Hidden Joy" – 2:46
4. "Les Grelots" (Eddie Louiss) – 4:26
5. "Guadeloupe" – 5:02
6. "Love Letter" – 5:44
7. "Little Peace in C for U" – 4:47
8. Michel Petrucciani Speech – 2:55
9. "J'Aurais Tellement Voulu" – 3:30
10. "Rachid" – 2:22
11. "Chloé Meets Gershwin" – 4:07
12. "Home" – 3:29
13. "Brazilian Like" – 3:13
14. "Romantic But Not Blue" – 3:28
15. "Trilogy in Blois (Morning Sun in Blois - Noon Sun in Blois - Night Sun in Blois)" – 11:48
16. "Caravan" (Ellington, Tizol, Mills) – 10:46
17. "Looking Up" – 3:51
18. "Besame Mucho" (Velázquez) – 4:51
19. "She Did It Again" – 2:08
20. "Take the "A" Train" (Strayhorn) – 2:27