Ahmad Jamal

 

Artist:  Ahmad Jamal

Birth Name:  Frederick Russell Jones

Born:  July 2, 1930. Pittsburgh, Pennsyvania, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop

Occupation:  Musician

Instruments:  Piano

Ahmad Jamal is an American Musician, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsyvania.  He began formal piano training at the age of seven with Mary Cardwell Dawson, whom he describes as greatly influencing him.  His Pittsburgh Roots have remained an important part of his identify and it was there that he was immersed in the influences of Jazz Artists such as Earl Hines, Billy Strayforn, Mary Lou Williams, and Erroll Garner.  He made his first records in 1951 for the Okeh Label with The Three Strings, also be called the Ahmad Jamal Trio.

Artist:  Ahmad Jamal Trio

Title:  Live At The Pershing:   But Not For Me  (Limited Edition) (2022)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop

Label:  Wax Time

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  But Not For Me (3:32)

 2.  The Surrey With The Fringe On top (2:35)

 3.  Moonlight In Vermont (3;09)

 4.  Music, Music, Music (2:56)

 5.  There Is No Greater Love (3:26)

 6.  All TheThings you Are (3:12)

Side B:

 1.  Poinciana (8:07)

 2.  Woody N' You (3:40)

 3.  What's New?  (4:11)

4.  Cherokee (3:42)

Personnel:

Ahmad Jamal:  Piano

Israel Crosby:  Bass

Vernel Fournier:  Drums

Live At The Pershing:   But Not For Me is the an album by Ahmad Jamal Trio, originally released in 1958 by Argo Records, remastered and reissued on December 23, 2022 by Wax Time, recorded live at the Pershing Lounge, Chicago, January 16 & 17, 1958.  Limited Edition 180 Colored Blue Vinyl.