Ahmad's Blues

Ahmad's Blues Artist: Ahmad Jamal
Label: Verve Labels
Category: Music



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


UPC: 011105180320
EAN: 0011105180320
ASIN: B0000001NW


Release Date: 1994-06-21

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Tracks:

  1. Ahmad's Blues
  2. It Could Happen To You
  3. I Wish I Knew
  4. Autumn Leaves
  5. Stompin' At The Savoy
  6. Cheek To Cheek
  7. The Girl Next Door
  8. Secret Love
  9. Squatty Roo
  10. Taboo
  11. Autumn In New York
  12. A Gal In Calico
  13. That's All
  14. Should I?
  15. Seleritus
  16. Let's Fall In Love

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Timeless.......2007-01-22

What great music !
Jamal has been on the scene for six decades and his music
is as fresh as ever.
These tracks were taken from previous Argo Recording dates.
The hard to get Portfolio and Ahmad Jamal at the spotlight club. If you dont have these recordings and you
Like Jamal, This CD is a must have.
My favorite tracks are, Ahmads Blues,Autmn Leaves,Taboo and Autumn in New York.
Mose Davis

5 out of 5 stars jamal at his best.......2005-08-24

fantastic, gorgeous, magnificent! Jamal and his partners plays a real lesson of how to do in a jazz trio. The sound of the piano is brilliant and full of swing, the bass and drums are intelligent and full of taste, the atmosphere of the live perofromance precisely preserved in the recording. If you enjoy jazz piano trio, you have to hear this one!

5 out of 5 stars Distinctive and compelling.......2003-08-26

Ahmad Jamal is a seminal name in the hallowed annals of jazz piano artistry, and being a big fan of the jazz piano trio, I knew I had to check some out. I read in Fred Hersch's liner notes to Bill Evans' _Trio '64_ that his other favorite trio is this particular one, with bassist Israel Crosby and drummer Vernel Fournier, so this seemed like a must-hear. That it is.

You can see why Miles Davis dug this guy. Jamal just digs into the *groove* of a tune, playing with it, vamping on it, leaving space for his bandmates to inhabit it, and apparently all the while having a rollicking good time. The playing of this trio throughout this 1958 live performance is absolutely distinctive, and that's a bit part of what makes it such compelling listening. There's the signature tune "Ahmad's Blues", which even if you haven't heard it before, you'll think you have. It's that basic, and yet Jamal didn't pull it off some "standards" list. Then there's the standard-of-standards "Autumn Leaves", but what this trio does with it is amazingly creative. You just have to hear it. And who else would start out "Stompin' at the Savoy" with a quote of "La Marsellaise"?? And these are just examples. It's all that good. Don't miss out.

5 out of 5 stars no collection is complete without it.......2003-04-04

This is a must have for Ahmad Jamal fans, and all Jazz fans for that matter. Throughout his long and storied career, Ahmad has demonstrated both technical virtuosity and amazing style & creativity. This early live recording is no exception. The opening, and title, track is so spot on that it practically defines cool jazz. It stacks right up there with Davis' Kind of Blue as one of the best recordings of the period.

5 out of 5 stars One of the best Jazz Pianists of all time.......2000-10-11

I don't think I risk going off the deep end here by declaring that Ahmad Jamal is simply one of the finest jazz pianists of all time. This CD gives ample proof to that claim. It is a compilation of live recordings made in Chicago in 1958. And the crowd seems most appreciative of the trio's efforts.

Jamal's intelligent use of space and awesome technique give bassist Israel Crosby and drummer Vernel Fournier ample opportunity to display their tremendous talents. Ahmad's use of tension and release marked with his sense of humor makes Jamal's music fascinating. And make no mistake, Jamal swings like mad. Ample proof of this can be heard in the final selection, "Let's Fall in Love."

I've listened to this CD many times over. If you've never heard the amazing and enormously talented Mr. Jamal, there's no better place to start than right here.

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