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featuring performances recorded from 1958 to 1961 for the

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label and was released in 1967. It draws its selections from the original Argo albums

Ahmad Jamal Trio Volume IV ''The Ahmad Jamal Trio: Volume IV'' is a 1958 jazz album by pianist Ahmad Jamal. The album was recorded live on location at the Spotlight Club in Washington, DC, on September 6, 1958. The LP was released as Argo Records LP-636. This was Jamal ...

, Portfolio of Ahmad Jamal,

Happy Moods ''Happy Moods'' is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label.

At the Pershing, Vol. 2 ''At the Pershing, Vol. 2'' is an album by pianist Ahmad Jamal on the Argo label composed of selections from the same January 1958 engagement at the Pershing Lounge of Chicago's Pershing Hotel where the hit album At the Pershing: But Not for Me ...

, Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra, and All of You.Ahmad Jamal discography
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Critical reception

The AllMusic review, giving the album 3 out of 5 stars, has Ken Dryden observing "One of Ahmad Jamal's most popular trios, with bassist Israel Crosby and drummer

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, is featured in this Cadet LP anthology of live recordings made between 1958 and 1961 for Argo. Even though the pianist sticks almost exclusively to very familiar standards, his fresh approach to each of them makes his interpretations very distinctive."Allmusic Review
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Track listing

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Happy Moods ''Happy Moods'' is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label.

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) from '' All of You'' (1962) # "The Girl Next Door" (Martin & Blaine, Leo Feist) from ''Ahmad Jamal Trio Volume IV'' (1958)

Personnel

* Ahmad Jamal – piano * Israel Crosby – double bass *

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References

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