Leírás
Jazz, Zongora, 2006-os CD kiadvány.
„Some of Ahmad Jamal’s detractors over the years have expressed the opinion that his music belongs as much in a cocktail lounge as in a jazz club.
The fact of the matter has perhaps always been that he’s got no closer to that dubious location than Errol Garner did, and this collection of his sides from the early to mid-1950s is abundant testimony to just how fertile his musical imagination can be.
It also offers a kind of alternative blueprint for the piano/guitar/bass trio compared to those led by Oscar Peterson.
Here the music is more democratic and less subject to the whim of an overbearing leader—and it’s all the better for that.
A variety of approaches also play a part in the success of this group’s music.
A kind of arbitrary but pertinent test that can be applied to music like this is whether or not it transcends the listener’s own prejudices with regards to individual instruments or instrumental lineups.
In this instance the music comes through with flags waving in both cases, and I’m left rueing the fact that it’s taken me so long to catch up with Mister Jamal.
– write the allaboutjazz.com
Felállás : Ahmad Jamal: piano; Ray Crawford: guitar; Eddie Calhoun: bass (1-4); Israel Crosby: bass (5-18).
Felvételek :
1. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
2. Ahmad’s Blues
3. A Gal In Calico
4. Aki & Ukthay (Brother And Sister)
5. New Rumba
6. A Foggy Day
7. It Ain’t Necessarily So
8. I Get A Kick Out Of You
9. Darn That Dream
10. Love For Sale
11. Poinciana (The Song Of The Tree)
12. Pavanne
13. Black Beauty
14. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
15. Old Devil Moon
16. Perfida
17. Rica Culpa
18. Something To Remember You By
