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Album Review

Ahmad Jamal: In Search Of... Momentum

Read "In Search Of... Momentum" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
May 4, 2003

Ahmad Jamal learned to play piano at age 3 and started his professional career at age 11. His dynamic use of volume control, his swinging enthusiasm, and the manner in which his superb keyboard technique dresses up a melody all contribute to the artist’s continued success. His classic “Poinciana” has become a major landmark in the history of jazz and popular music. At 72, Jamal remains as fresh as ever. In Search Of ... Momentum [1-10] represents the first in ...

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Interview

A Fireside Chat With Ahmad Jamal

by AAJ Staff
April 18, 2003

Is Ahmad Jamal a legend? Hello, are the Miller Lite chicks hot? Yes. Jamal is nothing if not humble about it all. Refreshing in a world dominated by “show me the money" / “show me the camera" hams. But I guess it is because he is old school, the days when milk was a quarter, TV was black and white, and jazz was the music of the popular culture. And this is why I am so stunned we can make ...

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Album Review

Ahmad Jamal: Nature: The Essence Part III

by Douglas Payne
August 1, 1998

As pianist Ahmad Jamal points out in his own notes to Nature, he's recorded prolifically outside the trios for which he has become known (check out, for example, his new one on Roesch with the Assai Quartet). But what makes Nature even more unusual is Jamal's addition of steel drums. Don't look for a set of kitschy Caribbean tunes though. Othello Molineaux plays his steel drums more like a vibraphonist, as if he understands bop much more than island music. ...