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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ahmad Jamal, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Others

by Jerome Wilson
February 15, 2023

This program features pianists such as Ahmad Jamal and Gonzalo Rubalcaba plus music from a wide variety of sources, including the String Trio of New York and Lennie Niehaus. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 ...

Article: Liner Notes

Espen Berg Trio: Free To Play

by Chris May
February 3, 2023

If you ask a jazz fan to name the greatest piano-trio albums ever made, the probability is that their top twenty choices will include most, if not all, of the following: Erroll Garner's Concert By The Sea (Columbia, 1955), Ahmad Jamal's But Not For Me (Argo, 1958), Bill Evans's Sunday At The Village Vanguard (Riverside, 1961), ...

Article: Album Review

Eri Yamamoto Trio: A Woman With A Purple Wig

Read "A Woman With A Purple Wig" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
January 14, 2023

Pianist Eri Yamamoto was born and raised in Japan. but she has been a resident of New York City for over twenty years. She was there in March 2020 when COVID-19 shut down the world and then-President Trump began to call the disease a “Chinese flu." One day, while waiting to start an outdoor concert, she ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Harry Connick, Jr., Ahmad Jamal & Eric Vloeimans

by Joe Dimino
January 8, 2023

From the mind of Dutch trumpet master Eric Vloeimans we begin the new 784th Episode of Neon Jazz. As 2022 comes to a close, we profile new music from several Kansas City natives including Eddie Moore and Matt Villinger as well as David Bloom and Tomas Janzon. Piano maestro Ahmad Jamal celebrates his prowess in a ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse (1963-1964) and (1965-1966)

by Mike Jurkovic
January 5, 2023

Let's entertain the undisputed truth that Ahmad Jamal, all ninety-two years of him, is quite possibly the coolest cat on a warming planet and these companion double sets Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse (1963-1964), and Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse (1965-1966) take on a rather folklorish, must-have status. With ...

Album

Emerald City Nights - Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966

By Ahmad Jamal

Label: Jazz Detective
Released: 2022
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.

Album

Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse

By Ahmad Jamal

Label: Jazz Detective
Released: 2022
Track listing: Side A: Johnny One Note; Minor Adjustments. Side B: All of You; Squatty Roo. Side C: Bogota; Lollipops & Roses; Tangerine. Side D: Keep On Keepin On; Minor Moods; But Not for Me.

Album

Live in Paris (1971)

By Ahmad Jamal

Label: Transversales Disques
Released: 2022
Track listing: Bogota; Manhattan Reflections; Effendi.

Article: Album Review

Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse

Read "Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
December 28, 2022

Come cadeau da far(si) in prospettiva più o meno natalizia, la Jazz Detective—nuova etichetta del produttore Zev Feldman, sempre attivissimo nel riesumare registrazioni inedite (come qui) o comunque rare—recupera una serie di live sessions dei trii che Ahmad Jamal diresse attorno alla metà degli anni Sessanta e raccoglie il tutto in due doppi CD (o doppi ...

Article: Year in Review

Karl Ackermann's Best Creative Music Albums Of 2022

by Karl Ackermann
December 15, 2022

For good, or bad, the “new normal" can finally be archived, and the club doors reopened to full rooms of unmasked patrons. 2022 marked an informal end to the Pandemic and a rebirth in live performing arts. Like similar periods in history, an unusual burst of creative energy followed isolation. Jazz was no exception; the resilience ...