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In the latest of our series where musicians consider idols or formative influences, Nick Tomalin writes about his favourite tracks by pianist Ahmad Jamal, who died on 16th April 2023 aged 92. "Testament to Ahmad’s genius." At the Pershing. Nick Tomalin writes: I was lucky enough to see Ahmad Jamal perform with his trio at…
Some saw Jamal as a genius of musical drama, others of melodrama, a supper-club pianist purveying nearly definitive musical bombast
His group became the house band for Pershing Hotel in Chicago, and one night in January 1958 they recorded more than 40 songs.
Ahmad Jamal, the pianist and composer died on April 16 at his home in Ashley Falls, Massachusetts. He was 92.
Ahmad Jamal entered jazz at a time when speed and heated improvisation was still central to the art. He changed all that.