Ahmad Jamal Plays

by Ahmad Jamal

Ahmad Jamal Plays cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1955
  • Label: Parrot, Argo
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 19:01
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Refining his profoundly influential, highly transparent approach to the piano trio, this session highlights an aesthetic built entirely upon dramatic space, light touch, and infectious rhythmic vamps. Featuring Ray Crawford's subtle guitar work in place of a drum set, the elegant, incredibly airy recordings famously became a massive foundational inspiration for Miles Davis.

Genres

Descriptors: Improvisation, Melodic, Instrumental

Tracklist

  1. New Rhumba
  2. A Foggy Day
  3. All Of You
  4. It Ain't Necessarily So
  5. Medley
  6. I Get A Kick Out Of You
  7. Jeff
  8. Darn That Dream
  9. Spring Is Here

Credits

  • Ahmad Jamal - primary artist, written-by
  • Eric Anderson Jr. - cover
  • George Gershwin - written-by
  • Cole Porter - written-by
  • Ray Crawford - written-by
  • Jimmy Van Heusen - written-by
  • Richard Rodgers - written-by
  • Herbert C. Lust - liner notes

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