Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk

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Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk
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Live album by
Released1962
RecordedNovember 1961
VenueThe Blackhawk, San Francisco, California
Genre Jazz
Length37:21
Label Argo
LPS-703
Producer Paul Gayton
Ahmad Jamal chronology
All of You
(1961)
Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk
(1962)
Macanudo
(1962)
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Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in San Francisco in 1962 and released on the Argo label. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars. [1]

Track listing

  1. "I'll Take Romance / My Funny Valentine" (Ben Oakland, Oscar Hammerstein II / Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 6:12
  2. "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:46
  3. "Falling in Love With Love" (Hart, Rodgers) – 4:15
  4. "The Best Thing for You" (Irving Berlin) – 4:57
  5. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) – 4:15
  6. "The Second Time Around" (Sammy Cahn, Van Heusen) – 4:07
  7. "We Live in Two Different Worlds" (Fred Rose) – 4:24
  8. "Night Mist Blues" (Ahmad Jamal) – 6:45

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed May 21, 20121
  2. Ahmad Jamal discography Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 21, 2012