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James Cammack

In a feature article on James Cammack, Bass Player Magazine reviewer Richard Johnston nicknamed James, who was at the time a Chicago resident, “Chicago fire,” for his hard-driving, creative approach to playing both acoustic and electric bass. At rehearsals of even the most complicated jazz pieces, Cammack just puts a finger on his instrument to find the key, asks for the general feel, and takes off. An extremely sensitive player, Cammack is an excellent sideman and his own solos demonstrate both virtuosity and musicality. It’s no wonder. For the past 28 years, James Cammack has performed continuously with legendary pianist Ahmad Jamal

Originations

By RYAN COHAN

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Hours Before Dawn; Imaginary Lines; Heart; Sabra; A Seeker's Soul; Essence.

Imaginary Lines

Album: Originations
By RYAN COHAN
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 7:39

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Ahmad Jamal: Ballades

By MIKE JURKOVIC

None other than Miles Davis cited Ahmad Jamal (born 1930) as a stylistic influence. So, as he was approaching his ninetieth birthday, what did this vibrant upstart do to further shake things up? He released his first ever solo album which isn't really a solo album because on three of the exemplarily graceful tracks on Ballades, ...

Ahmad Jamal: Ballades

By DAN BILAWSKY

At 89, Ahmad Jamal remains a master of space, time, openness and poetics. Never one to add too much, yet always one to mine a song for all its rich natural flavors, Jamal is an artist whose work speaks with a direct and engaging sweep. His early trio classics became a model of sorts, inspiring Miles ...

Ahmad Jamal: Marseille

By IAN PATTERSON

Four years between studio albums is a long gap by Ahmad Jamal's standards. Not that the 87-year-old pianist has been idle since the widely acclaimed Saturday Morning (Jazz Village, 2013). He's released two live albums in that time--Live at The Olympia (Jazz Village, 2014) featuring Yusef Lateef and Live in Marciac 2014 (Jazz Village, 2015)--and remains ...

Ahmad Jamal at Vicar Street, Dublin

By IAN PATTERSON

Ahmad Jamal Vicar Street Dublin 24 January, 2014 It's been a banner year for fans of jazz piano in Dublin, with solo concerts by Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau bookending 2013. Influential to both these pianists was NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal, so it was fitting in a way that he ...

2013: The Year In Jazz

By KEN FRANCKLING

The West Coast now has a jazz edifice of its own with strong roots, International Jazz Day grew in scope during year two, jazz made its mark on (and off) Broadway, and the number of musicians lost during the year was large and painful. Here's a look at significant happenings across the jazz world over the ...

Saturday Morning

By IAN PATTERSON

Just over a year after Blue Moon (Jazzbook Records, 2012) —Jamal's stellar homage to American cinema and Broadway—the Pittsburgh pianist returns in the same rich vein of form on Saturday Morning. Blue Moon earned a Grammy nomination, and for the second time in recent years Jamal was invited to open the Lincoln Center season in September; ...

Both Sides Of The Coin: Part 1

By JAMES CAMMACK

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Track listing: Where You Going; How Long…How long…; New and Different View; Nomad Intro; Nomad; And Then; Life Not Easy; The Rise and Fall of it All; Pursue to Move Forward; Looks That Way.