Monty Alexander at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Forty is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Monty Alexander.
The album was recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California[1] in 1994.
[2] The material includes the Alexander original "The Serpent", a "running ostinato blues".
[3] The AllMusic reviewer wrote that Alexander "remains mostly hidden behind the usual bop-and-standards conventions that have come to dominate these [Maybeck] concerts".
[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as "a fine, forceful performance that will delight his fans and satisfy anyone putting together a piano library on the strength of this [Maybeck] series".