Articles tagged "ahmad jamal"![]() Events ReviewAhmad Jamalby Thomas Hauner[26.Sep.08] :. At Jazz at Lincoln Center’s season opening concert series Ahmad Jamal humbly eschewed his celebrated stature, opting to cherish the Hall’s demure acoustics, his quartet’s deft phrasing, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s superb arrangements and soloing. ![]() Music ReviewAhmad Jamal: It’s Magicby Thomas Hauner[25.Jun.08] :. Jamal, one of the few remaining vanguards of jazz’s golden age, remains prolific and relevant in his latest release. NewsAhmad Jamal is a practicing, practicing, practicing piano playerby Joe Klopus [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][22.Jan.08] :. It’s 9:30 a.m., not always a friendly hour to those who make music in the night. But Ahmad Jamal, the 77-year-old piano giant, sounds perfectly chipper. “I’ve done four hours of... ![]() Music ReviewAhmad Jamal: The Legendary Okeh and Epic Recordingsby Will Layman[16.Aug.05] :. These are the early sides that turned Miles Davis into a lifelong fan of this swinging, elegant pianist. ![]() Music ReviewAhmad Jamal: After Fajrby Robert R. Calder[25.Jul.05] :. An extremely lively veteran, piano virtuoso boss of a three-man symphony orchestra, only the years have given Jamal some headway as an American institution much less regarded in Europe. ![]() Music ReviewAhmad Jamal: In Search of Momentumby Marshall Bowden[25.Jul.03] :. Ahmad Jamal is very enthusiastic about his latest recording, In Search of Momentum, representing as it does the first in a series of recordings for Dreyfus Jazz. At 72, the pianist who was a... Ahmad Jamal: Olympia 2000by Marshall Bowden[17.Feb.03] :. Back in the 1950s, Miles Davis told the world “I live until Jamal makes another record,” and during the mid-‘50s he insisted that his pianist, Red Garland, sound as much like Ahmad... |
|