The Ahmad Jamal Trio

Last updated
The Ahmad Jamal Trio
The Ahmad Jamal Trio.jpg
Studio album by
Ahmad Jamal
Released1956
RecordedOctober 1955
Studio Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length36:04
Label Epic LN 3212 [1]
Ahmad Jamal chronology
Ahmad Jamal Plays
(1955)		The Ahmad Jamal Trio
(1956)		 Count 'Em 88
(1956)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]

The Ahmad Jamal Trio is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal. [3] It was released on the Epic label. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating that "Jamal was creating quite a stir at the time with his fresh chord voicings and use of space and dynamics." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Perfidia" (Alberto Domínguez) – 3:57
  2. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 8:32
  3. "Rica Pulpa" (Eliseo Grenet) – 3:51
  4. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer) – 2:41
  5. "Just Squeeze Me" (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) – 3:51
  6. "Something to Remember You By" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:49
  7. "Black Beauty" (Duke Ellington) – 3:27
  8. "The Donkey Serenade" (Herbert Stothart, Rudolf Friml) – 3:18
  9. "Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:22
  10. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:00

Personnel

Related Research Articles

<i>Ella and Duke at the Cote DAzur</i> 1967 live album by Ella Fitzgerald

Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur is a 1967 live album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the big band of Duke Ellington.

<i>Toni</i> (album) 1956 studio album by Toni Harper

Toni is a 1956 studio album by Toni Harper, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio.

<i>This Ones for Blanton!</i> 1973 studio album by Duke Ellington & Ray Brown

This One's for Blanton! is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington duetting with Ray Brown recorded in December 1972 and released on the Pablo label. The title refers to early Duke Ellington collaborator and influential yet short-lived double bass player Jimmy Blanton.

<i>Time Remembered</i> (album) 1983 live album by Bill Evans

Time Remembered is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Chuck Israels and Larry Bunker partially recorded at the Shelly Manne's club in Hollywood, California in May 1963, but not released until 1983 on the Milestone label as a 16-track double LP. It would be later reissued on CD in 1999, with only 13 tracks. The trio performances were recorded at the same sessions that produced At Shelly's Manne-Hole (1963) and were first released on Bill Evans: The Complete Riverside Recordings (1984). The four solo performances were recorded in a separate session in April 1962 in New York City. "Some Other Time" was recorded in December 1958, in New York City.

<i>Piano in the Foreground</i> 1961 studio album by Duke Ellington

Piano in the Foreground is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Columbia label in 1961. It features Ellington in a piano trio setting, emphasising his own keyboard prowess rather than the big band arrangements more typical of his recordings.

<i>Headin South</i> (album) 1961 studio album by Horace Parlan

Headin' South is an album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label.

<i>The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World</i> 1975 compilation album

The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World is a 1967 live album featuring Duke Ellington and his orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, T-Bone Walker, Coleman Hawkins, Clark Terry and Zoot Sims. It was released in 1975.

<i>Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet</i> 1961 studio album by Ahmad Jamal

Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label.

<i>Ahmad Jamal Plays</i> 1955 studio album by Ahmad Jamal

Ahmad Jamal Plays is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1955 and originally released on the short-lived Parrot label in 1955. The album was rereleased as Chamber Music of the New Jazz on the Argo label after Chess Records purchased the master tapes in 1956. The cover was credited to Eric Anderson, Jr.

<i>I Remember Duke, Hoagy & Strayhorn</i> 1995 studio album by Ahmad Jamal

I Remember Duke, Hoagy & Strayhorn is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1994 and released on the Telarc label.

<i>Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio</i> 1956 studio album by Randy Weston

Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1955 and released on the Riverside label.

<i>Dales Wail</i> 1955 studio album by Roy Eldridge

Dale's Wail is an album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge recorded in 1953 and originally released on the Clef label.

<i>Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shout</i> 1960 live album by Les McCann Ltd.

Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shout is a live album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1960 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.

<i>Lady Be Good ... For Ella</i> 1994 studio album by Tommy Flanagan

Lady Be Good ... For Ella is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan featuring compositions associated with Ella Fitzgerald recorded in 1993 for the Groovin' High label.

<i>At the Pershing, Vol. 2</i> 1961 live album by Ahmad Jamal

At the Pershing, Vol. 2 is an album by pianist Ahmad Jamal on the Argo label composed of selections from the same January 1958 engagement at the Pershing Lounge of Chicago's Pershing Hotel where the hit album At the Pershing: But Not for Me was recorded.

The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal. It contains performances from his earliest recording sessions for Okeh in 1951–52 in Chicago, and an Epic session from October 1955 in New York, NY. It includes additional selections from the sessions where the 1956 album The Ahmad Jamal Trio was recorded. The album was re-released in 2005 with additional tracks.

<i>Super Standard</i> (album) 2004 studio album by Kenny Barron, Jay Leonhart and Al Foster

Super Standard is an album by pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Jay Leonhart and drummer Al Foster recorded in New York in 2004 and released on the Japanese Venus label.

<i>All Star Road Band Volume 2</i> 1985 live album by Duke Ellington

All Star Road Band Volume 2 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at the Holiday Ballroom in Chicago for radio broadcast and first released as a double LP on Bob Thiele's Doctor Jazz label in 1985.

<i>Piano Interpretation</i> 1976 studio album by Al Haig

Interplay, is a solo album by jazz pianist Al Haig recorded in 1976 and released on the short-lived Sea Breeze label.

<i>Road Tested</i> (Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff album) 1997 studio album by Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff

Road Tested is an album by saxophonist Hank Crawford and organist Jimmy McGriff recorded in 1997 and released on the Milestone label.

References

  1. ↑ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 23, 2012
  3. ↑ Jazz, All About. "Ahmad Jamal: Trio & Quintet Recordings With Ray Crawford album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz.
  4. ↑ Ahmad Jamal discography accessed November 17, 2016



This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.