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Article: Extended Analysis

Ahmad Jamal: A Quiet Time

by Ian Patterson
July 23, 2010

Ahmad JamalA Quiet TimeDreyfus Records2010 Always reluctant to go into the studio unless he has material he is thoroughly satisfied with, pianist Ahmad Jamal's A Quiet Time could be considered as a follow-up to It's Magic (Dreyfus Records, 2008), given the relatively short period between the two releases. ...

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News: Recording

Ahmad Jamal: The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions

July 14, 2010

PURCHASE BOX Audio Samples Let's Fall In Love | We Kiss In A Shadow About The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions Tracing back the influence of pianist Ahmad Jamal through his more than 50 years of performing and recording is like trying to repack the explosive components of a fireworks display after it ignites, flares, ...

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News: Recording

Michael Cuscuna on Ahmad Jamal: The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions

July 14, 2010

The mid fifties was a fertile time for jazz; fresh, original ensembles were taking shape all over the country. The Modern Jazz Quartet, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Jazz Messengers and the Ahmad Jamal Trio immediately come to mind. Among musicians, each group had its imitators and its creative disciples who took its innovations one step ...

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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 5, 2010

July 13, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 1 Dr. Lonnie Smith Spiral (Palmetto) 209 238 -29 1 55 1 7 2 11 9 Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke Band (Heads Up) 191 150 +41 6 63 2 3 3 10 9 Trombone Shorty Backatown (Verve Forecast) 169 152 +17 0 63 2 ...

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Article: Live Review

Freihofer's Jazz Festival 2010: 33rd Edition is Strong

by R.J. DeLuke
July 9, 2010

2010 Freihofer's Jazz FestivalSaratoga Springs, NYJune 26-27, 2010 Watching Kendrick Scott's Oracle band in the warmth and sunshine of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center recently brought into focus everything that's good about the two-day event created by legendary impresario George Wein in 1978 and carried on more than capably by Danny Melnick's ...

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Article: Album Review

Jean-Michel Pilc: True Story

Read "True Story" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
July 7, 2010

Jean-Michel Pilc has yet to achieve a US prominence that compares to his fellow French jazz pianists, the late Michel Petrucciani and Algerian-born Martial Solal. While both of the latter musicians are frequently cited for their lightning-fast delivery, Pilc shares their agility as well as a finely honed ear for lyricism. But ultimately, Pilc is a ...

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News: Interview

Legendary Pianist Ahmad Jamal Interviewed at AAJ

July 6, 2010

Ahmad Jamal, possibly the most influential of living jazz pianists, turned 80 years young on July 2, 2010. It is however, business as usual and instead of celebrating at home in his slippers, Jamal was wowing an audience at the Marciac Jazz festival in France. Jamal is touring now more than ever before, and is in ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Ahmad Jamal

July 2, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Ahmad Jamal's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Ahmad JamalIn 1951, Mr. Jamal first recorded \'Ahmad\'s Blues\' on Okeh Records. His arrangement of the folk tune \'Billy Boy\', and \'Poinciana\' (not his original composition), also stem from this period. In 1955... more

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News: Obituary

Francis Dreyfus: 1940 - 2010

June 28, 2010

Music publisher and record producer Francis Dreyfus died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at the age of 70. Through his labels Disques Motors and Dreyfus Records, Francis Dreyfus launched the careers of prominent artists, including Christophe and Jean Michel Jarre. His love of jazz led to the creation of the Dreyfus Jazz label which brought together such ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 14, 2010

June 22, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 7 8 Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott East-West Trumpet Summit (Origin) 280 152 +128 10 71 1 4 2 9 10 Trombone Shorty Backatown (Verve Forecast) 205 144 +61 0 57 2 9 3 2 2 Dr. Lonnie Smith Spiral (Palmetto) 199 176 +23 5 ...