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Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights - Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966
Nessuno dei nove brani qui presenti figurava nel precedente volume, anche se lo svolgersi ne ricalca temperature e disegno complessivo, il tutto atto a valorizzare in primis lo strapotere strumentale di Ahmad Jamal, sempre espansivo, onnivoro, rigoglioso, con un tocco e una capacità improvvisativa che non prestano il fianco a riserve di sorta, se non, magari, quella riguardante le dinamiche complessive, vale a dire la dialettica interna a questa monumentale espressione di onniscienza pianistica.
Non ci sono particolari sorprese, quindi, però tutto quanto ci viene offerto a piene mani da Jamal e soci (con l'onnipresente Jamil Sulieman Nasser che riesce anche a ritagliarsi spazi solistici neanche così episodici) è di assoluta eccellenza artigianale, musicalità a profusione e limpido godimento acustico.
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Ecumenico ma (abbastanza) esclusivo, non sopporta la musica – e l’arte in generale – di routine, rassicurante e dozzinale, preferendo, se proprio deve, il brutto all’inutile. Un ideale spaccato dei suoi amori musicali (che non si limitano al jazz; e più o
Track Listing
CD 1:
I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Who Can I Turn To?; First Love Song; Feeling Good.
CD 2:
Concern; Like Someone in Love; Invitation; Poinciana: Whisper Not.
Personnel
Ahmad Jamal
pianoJamil Sulieman Nasser
bass, acousticChuck Lampkin
drums
Vernel Fournier
drumsFrank Grant
drumsAdditional Instrumentation
Chuck Lampkin (CD1), Vernel Fournier (CD2 #1/2), Frank Grant (CD2 #3/5): drums.
Album information
Title: Emerald City Nights - Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966 | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Jazz Detective
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