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Article: The Jazz Session

Ahmad Jamal: The Evolution of the Piano Trio

by Chris Comer
March 30, 2007

Listen Prior to an upcoming gig in Dayton, Ohio, Chris Comer had the opportunity to interview one of the most influential jazz pianists of all time, Ahmad Jamal. In this interview Jamal discusses his influence on jazz history and many of the players he's worked with over the course of his long and innovative ...

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Article: Album Review

Ahmad Jamal: Ahmad Jamal Trio: Complete Recordings

Read "Ahmad Jamal Trio: Complete Recordings" reviewed by Robert Iannapollo

by Robert Iannapollo
March 9, 2007

It's surprising that Ahmad Jamal, clearly one of the benchmarks of jazz piano in the '50s, has been neglected by most jazz writers. Though he's clearly been a popular favorite, most of the positive commentary has focused on “Miles Davis really liked him. That's actually a bit of an understatement. One might even say Davis was ...

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Pavane For Ahmad

By Ahmad Jamal

Label: FiveFour
Released: 2006
Track listing: The Surrey With The Fringe On Top; Ahmad

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Jazz Shots From The East Coast, Vol. 1

By Bill Evans

Label: EFORFILMS
Released: 2006
Track listing: Up With The Lark; I Loves You Porgy; Darn That Dream; Ahmad's Blues; My Old Flame; Blue Monk; Monk's Dream; Place St. Henri; Mood Indigo; Sophisticated Lady; Take the A Train; Tagore; Passin' Thru; Mack the Knife; Bonus Tracks; Yours Is My Heart Alone; Untitled Blues;

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Ahmad Jamal: Pavane For Ahmad

Read "Pavane For Ahmad" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
November 28, 2006

Some of Ahmad Jamal's detractors over the years have expressed the opinion that his music belongs as much in a cocktail lounge as in a jazz club. The fact of the matter has perhaps always been that he's got no closer to that dubious location than Errol Garner did, and this collection of his sides from ...

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After Fajr

By Ahmad Jamal

Label: Dreyfus Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: I'm Old Fashioned, After Fajr, Milan, Yours Is My Heart Alone, Swahililand, My Heart Stood Still, Time On My Hands, Topsy Turvy, Manhattan Reflections.

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Ahmad Jamal: After Fajr

by AAJ Staff
August 26, 2005

Ahmad Jamal's been making music for over fifty years, yet somehow he's still saddled with a tag as one of Miles Davis' favorite pianists. It's long since time critics put that reference to rest and aimed their focus directly at the master and his music. Jamal has a talent for placing melody front and center, but ...

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Ahmad Jamal: After Fajr

by AAJ Staff
June 29, 2005

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 ...

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