The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful

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The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful
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Studio album by
Released1968
RecordedFebruary 12 & 13, 1968
StudioFine Recording Studios, New York
Genre Jazz
Length28:05
Label Cadet
LPS-807
Producer Richard Evans
Ahmad Jamal chronology
Cry Young
(1967)
The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful
(1968)
Tranquility
(1968)
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The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the Cadet label. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:38
  2. "Ballad for Beverly" (Bob Williams) – 3:24
  3. "Of Bass I Love" (Ahmad Jamal, Jamil Sulieman) – 2:40
  4. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 2:40
  5. "I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)" (Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas) – 2:47
  6. "At Long Last Love" (Cole Porter) – 2:50
  7. "Never Let Me Go" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 2:23
  8. "Gypsies in the Wind" (Williams) – 2:55
  9. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 2:48
  10. "By Myself" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:00

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed May 18, 20121
  2. Ahmad Jamal discography Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 18, 2012