Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961

Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961 Artist: Ahmad Jamal
Label: Verve Labels
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 011105081320
EAN: 0011105081320
ASIN: B000006EJ4


Release Date: 1998-04-07

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Listmania:

  1. Classic Ahmad Jamal
  2. Memorable Acoustic Bass Solos
  3. The best stuff by Jamal
  4. Jazz that Ken Burns doesn't know about
  5. My favourite jazz piano cd's

Tracks:

  1. But Not For Me
  2. Surrey With The Fringe On Top
  3. Moonlight In Vermont
  4. Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel In It)
  5. Woody'n You
  6. Poinciana
  7. Too Late Now
  8. All The Things You Are
  9. Cherokee
  10. It Might As Well Be Spring
  11. I'll Remeber April
  12. Gone With The Wind
  13. Billy Boy
  14. It''s You Or No One
  15. You Don't Know What Love Is
  16. Tater Pie
  17. This Can't Be Love
  18. Old Devil Moon

Tracks:

  1. Sweet And Lovely
  2. The Party's Over
  3. Broadway
  4. Snowfall
  5. Time On My Hands
  6. Angel Eyes
  7. What Is This Thing Called Love
  8. I'll Take Romance/My Funny Valentine
  9. Like Someone In Love
  10. Falling In Love With Love
  11. The Best Thing For You
  12. April In Paris
  13. The Second Time Around
  14. That Dam Dream

Similar Items:

  1. Ahmad's Blues
  2. The Legendary Okeh and Epic Recordings
  3. Complete Recordings
  4. Poinciana
  5. Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing: But Not for Me

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Really excellent, I feel like a fool for overlooking it.......2006-04-04

I have bought most of Ahmad Jamal's CDs and picked this up to fill out my collection. I started with "The Essence" and mostly worked backwards in time. I'm sorry I didn't start with this one: it is really excellent. (But I suppose if I had started here I would have guessed that Jamal is senile now, and he's not, he's still producing outstanding work, 45 years later.)

5 out of 5 stars One of the best.......2006-02-04

This compilation consists of some of what I consider to be the best jazz ever recorded. There is impeccable, contagious groove throughout, but it is at the same time so sensitive, so musical, and so restrained. Definitely one of the tightest trios of all time. I would consider Ahmad to be in the highest ranks of the jazz pantheon even if Miles Davis never said a word about him.

5 out of 5 stars Breath Taking...........2005-09-17

Ahmad Jamal is one of the finest and smoothest pianist period! I use to listen to "Live at the Pershing" when I was in college. "Poinciana" would always put me in the right frame of mind. This compilation is well worth the money! It is the next best thing to seeing him "Live" in person.

5 out of 5 stars 1958 - 1961 -- Hardly, More like 1958 to Forever.......2005-01-20

We're lucky when music is initially captivating. Enriched when it is enduring. Ahmad's great launching platform is fortunately for us, both. Empowered by a world class supporting cast, Jamal showcases the talents that earn him worldwide recognition, and also mark a musical turning point for jazz music. Seminal and standing the test of time. What else could you want in a musical performance. Listen and enjoy. By the way, Israel and Vernel are masters. Worth the price of admission for their own performances.

5 out of 5 stars At The Pershing...and more -- Inspired Miles Davis!.......2003-01-01

The first sides are from the classic "Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing" which was as essential listening in its way as "Kind of Blue." Miles was inspired by the selection of show tunes, many of which he also recorded later with Red Garland playing the Ahmad Jamal role on piano. I think it was not so much what Jamal played but what he did not play. His use of space was phenomenal. Vernell Fournier was a New Orleans drummer and Isreal Crosby had played and recorded with Benny Goodman. Together they reinvented jazz for a decade. This LP, by the way, and not Muddy Waters recording was what put Chess Records (Argo's parent) on the map financially. So thank Jamal for the other music that he funded. Classic stuff and never enough of it.
Bill Donoghue

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  6. After Hours ~ Brian Culbertson
  7. Swing Hit Mix ~ Various Artists
  8. Shack Man ~ Medeski Martin & Wood
  9. Oblique ~ Bobby Hutcherson
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