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Ahmad Jamal Strikes up the Orchestra
Can this really be the fifth season of Jazz at Lincoln Center at Rose Hall? Already there are young people filling seats at the Rose Theater who probably feel that JaLC has been around forever, and even take it for granted. They'd probably be amazed to hear that listeners in the 1940s thought it was a ...
Ahmad Jamal Kickedoff Jazz at Linclon Center
A Pianist Fully in Charge of Everything He Surveys Ahmad Jamal stood up repeatedly from the piano at the Rose Theater on Thursday night, almost always during a song. His reasons had to do with the act of management, which plays an important role in his music. Sometimes he turned to face the rest of his ...
Ahmad Jamal: It's Magic
by Graham L. Flanagan
Ahmad Jamal remains one of the few elder statesmen left in the ever-shrinking pantheon of certified jazz legends. He has not stopped touring and recording since he burst onto the scene in the early '50s, making music that would later inspire the rising Miles Davis, who cited the pianist as one of his greatest influences. How ...
Ahmad Jamal: It's Magic
by Ian Patterson
That a Japanese mountaineer successfully scaled Mount Everest in May 2008, at the age of 75, is proof that age is no barrier to those with new goals to conquer. If pianist Ahmad Jamal, at 78, were a mountaineer, he too would surely be attempting to scale Everest. There are those, however, who argue that Ahmad ...
Ahmad Jamal at The Blue Note
by AAJ Staff
Ahmad Jamal The Blue Note New York, New York May 11, 2008 Ahmad Jamal both caressed and shook the Blue Note during the second set of his appearance on this Sunday in May. Famous for his use of dynamics (soft- loud contrasts, sudden stops and starts, deferring to his ...
It's Magic
Featuring the music of Ahmad Jamal
Duration: 5:16
Legendary Pianist Ahmad Jamal Profiled at AAJ
When asked what he's thinking about when he's at the piano, NEA Jazz Master and Kennedy Center Jazz Legend Ahmad Jamal replies, “Those songs that come up on my recordings or my concerts, sometimes I pull some things that are very distant and written years before I was here, things written by Mozart. That's the wonderful ...
Ahmad Jamal: It's Magic
by Andrew Velez
When asked what he's thinking about when he's at the piano, NEA Jazz Master and Kennedy Center Jazz Legend Ahmad Jamal replies, “Those songs that come up on my recordings or my concerts, sometimes I pull some things that are very distant and written years before I was here, things written by Mozart. That's the wonderful ...
Ahmad Jamal Releases 'It's Magic' June 10 on Birdology/Dreyfus
Legendary Pianist and Composer's First New Album in Three-Years Following the Critically Acclaimed After Fajr At once majestic and familiar, the soon-to-be 78-years-old maestro, who was a major influence on Miles Davis, continues to expand his fan base, selling out concerts and garnering awards and honors. New York, NY -- Birdology/Dreyfus Jazz is proud to release ...
Pavanne For Ahmad
By Ahmad Jamal
Label: FiveFour
Released: 2007
Track listing: The Surrey with the Fringe on Top; Ahmad's Blues; A Gal in Calico; Ari and Ukthay (Brother and Sister); New Rumba; A Foggy Day; It Ain't Necessarily So; I Get a Kick out of You; Darn that Dream; Love for Sale; Poinciana (The Song of the Tree); Pavanne; Black Beauty; Slaughter on Tenth Avenue; Old Devil Moon; Perfida; Rica Pulpa; Something to Remember You By.
