''The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal'' is an album by American jazz pianist
Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones, July 2, 1930) is an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator. For six decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz.
Biography Early life
Jamal was born Fr ...
.
It contains performances from his earliest recording sessions for
Okeh
Okeh Records () is an American record label founded by the Otto Heinemann Phonograph Corporation, a phonograph supplier established in 1916, which branched out into phonograph records in 1918. The name was spelled "OkeH" from the initials of Ott ...
in 1951–52 in Chicago, and an
Epic
Epic commonly refers to:
* Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation
* Epic film, a genre of film with heroic elements
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Arts, entertainment, and medi ...
session from October 1955 in New York, NY.
[Ahmad Jamal discography](_blank)
accessed November 25, 2016 It includes additional selections from the sessions where the 1956 album ''
The Ahmad Jamal Trio
''The Ahmad Jamal Trio'' is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal. It was released on the Epic Records, Epic label. '' was recorded. The album was re-released in 2005 with additional tracks.
Track listing
1959 Edition
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Old Devil Moon
"Old Devil Moon" is a popular song composed by Burton Lane, with lyrics by Yip Harburg for the 1947 musical '' Finian's Rainbow''. It was introduced by Ella Logan and Donald Richards in the Broadway show. The song takes its title from a phrase in ...
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# "Ahmad's Blues"
# "
Poinciana" (The Song of the Tree)
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Billy Boy
"Billy Boy" is a traditional folk song and nursery rhyme found in the United States, in which "Billy Boy" is asked various questions, and the answers all center on his quest to marry a girl who is said to be too young to leave her mother.
It has ...
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# "Will You Still Be Mine"
# "Pavanne"
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Crazy He Calls Me
"Crazy He Calls Me" is a 1949 jazz standard. It was composed by Carl Sigman, with lyrics by Bob Russell.
Notable recordings
American jazz singer Billie Holiday recorded it. Other artists to record the song include Dinah Washington (with Clifford ...
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# "
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" is a show tune from the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''Oklahoma!''. The piece was recorded in 1952 by jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, which influenced trumpeter Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, ...
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# "Aki and Ukthay" (Brother and Sister)
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Slaughter On 10th Avenue"
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A Gal in Calico "A Gal in Calico" is a song by American composer Arthur Schwartz, whose words were written by Leo Robin.
Appearance in film
The song was introduced in the 1946 film ''The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946 film), The Time, the Place and the Girl'' ...
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It's Easy to Remember
"It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)" is a popular song written by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart.
History
Published in 1935, the song was written for the 1935 film ''Mississippi'' starring Bing Crosby and W.C. Fields. ...
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2005 Edition
# "
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" is a show tune from the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''Oklahoma!''. The piece was recorded in 1952 by jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, which influenced trumpeter Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, ...
"
# "Will You Still Be Mine"
# "Ahmad's Blues"
# "
A Gal in Calico "A Gal in Calico" is a song by American composer Arthur Schwartz, whose words were written by Leo Robin.
Appearance in film
The song was introduced in the 1946 film ''The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946 film), The Time, the Place and the Girl'' ...
"
# "Aki and Ukthay"
# "
Billy Boy
"Billy Boy" is a traditional folk song and nursery rhyme found in the United States, in which "Billy Boy" is asked various questions, and the answers all center on his quest to marry a girl who is said to be too young to leave her mother.
It has ...
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# "
Black Beauty
''Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse'' is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she was bedridden and seriously ill.Merriam-Webster (1995). ...
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# "
Love for Sale"
# "Something to Remember You By"
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Poinciana"
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Don't Blame Me"
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Autumn Leaves"
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They Can't Take That Away From Me
"They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 popular song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film ''Shall We Dance'' and gained huge success.
Overview
The song is performed b ...
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# "
Old Devil Moon
"Old Devil Moon" is a popular song composed by Burton Lane, with lyrics by Yip Harburg for the 1947 musical '' Finian's Rainbow''. It was introduced by Ella Logan and Donald Richards in the Broadway show. The song takes its title from a phrase in ...
"
# "
It's Easy to Remember
"It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)" is a popular song written by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart.
History
Published in 1935, the song was written for the 1935 film ''Mississippi'' starring Bing Crosby and W.C. Fields. ...
"
# "
Squeeze Me
"Squeeze Me" is a 1925 jazz standard composed by Fats Waller. It was based on an old blues song called "The Boy in the Boat". The lyrics were credited to publisher Clarence Williams, although Andy Razaf has claimed to have actually written the ...
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# "
Crazy He Calls Me
"Crazy He Calls Me" is a 1949 jazz standard. It was composed by Carl Sigman, with lyrics by Bob Russell.
Notable recordings
American jazz singer Billie Holiday recorded it. Other artists to record the song include Dinah Washington (with Clifford ...
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# "Pavanne"
# "
Perfidia
"Perfidia" (Spanish for " perfidy", meaning ''faithlessness'', ''treachery'' or ''betrayal'') is a 1939 Spanish-language song written by Mexican composer and arranger Alberto Domínguez (1906–1975). The song is sung from the perspectiv ...
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# "Rica Pulpa"
# "The Donkey Serenade"
Personnel
*Ahmad Jamal - piano
*Ray Crawford - guitar
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Eddie Calhoun
Eddie Calhoun (November 13, 1921, in Clarksdale, Mississippi – January 27, 1994, in Paradise Lake, Michigan) was an American jazz double bassist.
Calhoun was raised in Chicago, where he played with (1947–49) and Ahmad Jamal (1951–52). ...
,
Israel Crosby
Israel Crosby (January 19, 1919 – August 11, 1962) was an American jazz double-bassist born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. One of the finest to emerge during the 1930s, he was also a member of the Ahmad Jamal trio for most of 1954 to ...
- double bass
References
Ahmad Jamal albums
1959 albums
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