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Released
  
1961

Length
  
33:28

Release date
  
1961

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
August 15–17, 1960

Artist
  
Ahmad Jamal

Producer
  
Jack Tracy

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Studio
  
Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago

Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet (1961)
  
Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra (1961)

Label
  
Marathon Media International Ltd.

Similar
  
Ahmad Jamal albums, Jazz albums

Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label.

Contents

Critical Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars.

Track listing

  1. "Ahmad's Waltz" (Ahmad Jamal) – 4:44
  2. "Valentina" (Christine Reynolds) – 2:19
  3. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 2:57
  4. "Tempo for Two" (Joe Kennedy) – 3:26
  5. "Hallelujah" (Vincent Youmans, Leo Robin) – 2:06
  6. "It's a Wonderful World" (Harold Adamson, Jan Savitt, Johnny Watson) – 2:50
  7. "Baía" (Ary Barroso) – 4:04
  8. "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) – 3:53
  9. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 4:04
  10. "Who Cares?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:05

Personnel

  • Ahmad Jamal – piano
  • Joe Kennedy – violin
  • Ray Crawford – guitar
  • Israel Crosby – bass
  • Vernel Fournier – drums

    • Songs

    1Ahmad's Waltz4:48
    2Valentina2:25
    3Yesterdays3:01

    References

    Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet Wikipedia
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