All of You (Ahmad Jamal album)

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All of You
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Live album by
Released1962
RecordedJune 1961
Alhamba, Chicago
Genre Jazz
Length32:55
Label Argo
LPS-691
Producer Leonard Chess
Ahmad Jamal chronology
Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra
(1961)
All of You
(1962)
Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk
(1962)
Professional ratings
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All of You is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded at Jamal's own club in Chicago in 1961 and released on the Argo label. [3] On the cover, photographed by Don Bronstein, one of the first staff photographers for Playboy magazine, Jamal sits in an MAA chair, designed by George Nelson. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Jamal's group had a personal sound of its own, often playing quietly and leaving space but never losing the passion". [1]

Track listing

  1. "Time on My Hands" (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) – 6:15
  2. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 4:12
  3. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 7:50
  4. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 5:55
  5. "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 4:58
  6. "You're Blasé" (Ord Hamilton, Bruce Siever) – 3:26
  7. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Porter) – 5:29

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 21, 20121
  2. Griffiths, David (May 11, 1963). "Ahmad Jamal: All Of You" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 113. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  3. Ahmad Jamal discography Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 21, 2012
  4. Borgerson, Janet (2017). Designed for hi-fi living : the vinyl LP in midcentury America. Schroeder, Jonathan E., 1962-. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN   9780262036238. OCLC   958205262.