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AHMAD JAMAL AND BAND FIND MOMENTUM SWINGING THEIR WAY
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When most 73-year-olds indulge in an afternoon nap, it's because
their careers are well behind them, and they've reached a point in
life where they have trouble sleeping through the night and,
consequently, staying awake all day.
Ahmad Jamal, however, is not your typical 73-year-old. When the
jazz piano titan failed to answer his telephone earlier this week at
his home in New York's Hudson Valley, it was because he was trying to
nap away a case of jet lag.
"We're just coming back...
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Jamal looks at future of our `only true art form' Legendary performer sees jazz coming back but says, `we have to do more'
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal may know he's a bona fide legend with credentials deeply rooted in the past. But when it comes to jazz in general, he keeps an eye on the future. Jamal opens the 1998 Hal Leonard Jazz Series Saturday at the Pabst Theater. During a recent phone interview, while commenting on
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Jamal, Gaining 'Momentum' -- and Respect
The Washington Post
; Ageless, agile and relentlessly idiosyncratic, Ahmad Jamal has been a unique jazz pianist for more than half a century. Those who believe he has not gotten his proper due invariably point out how much Miles Davis cherished and was influenced by his work (Davis once suggested that his pianist, Red
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AHMAD JAMAL returns to his roots
New Pittsburgh Courier
; ... and named by the "prince of darkness"--Miles Davis--as a primary influence. Not bad for a brother who had a Pittsburgh Courier news delivery route in Lincoln-Larimer. Physically far removed (this interview was conducted via telephone from California), Jamal ...
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AHMAD JAMAL "After Fajr" ...
The Washington Post
; BRACKETING PIANIST and NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal's 50-plus years of recording, these CDs shed considerable light on his singular artistic journey. For all his influence on other artists, most notably Miles Davis, Jamal has never seemed the least bit affected by shifting pop and jazz winds. The
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JAMAL TRIO STILL MAKING THE CASE FOR MUSICAL SPACE
Rocky Mountain News
; In 1957, trumpeter Miles Davis joined arranger/conductor Gil Evans for their first full-length collaboration. The result: the classic album Miles Ahead, which featured the tune New Rhumba by rising pianist Ahmad Jamal. Jamal was just getting started. Fresh off that success, the pianist released a
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