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Released
  
1956

The Ahmad Jamal Trio (1956)
  
Count 'Em 88 (1956)

Release date
  
1956

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
36:04

Artist
  
Ahmad Jamal

Label
  
Epic/Sony Records

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Recorded
  
October 25, 1951 Chicago October 1955

Studio
  
Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City

Similar
  
Ahmad Jamal albums, Jazz albums

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The Ahmad Jamal Trio is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal including two performances from his earliest recording sessions with Okeh in 1951 as The Three Strings, and featuring performances recorded in 1955 as The Ahmad Jamal Trio. It was originally released on the Epic label.

Contents

Critical reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Jamal was creating quite a stir at the time with his fresh chord voicings and use of space and dynamics".

Track listing

  1. "Perfidia" (Alberto Domínguez) – 3:57
  2. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 8:32
  3. "Rica Pulpa" (Eliseo Grenet) – 3:51
  4. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer) – 2:41
  5. "Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller, Clarence Williams) – 3:51
  6. "Something to Remember You By" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:49
  7. "Black Beauty" (Duke Ellington) – 3:27
  8. "The Donkey Serenade" (Herbert Stothart, Rudolf Friml) – 3:18
  9. "Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:22
  10. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:00

Personnel

  • Ahmad Jamal – piano
  • Ray Crawford – guitar
  • Eddie Calhoun – bass (tracks 1 & 3)
  • Israel Crosby – bass (tracks 2,4–10)

    • Songs

    1Perfidia4:00
    2Love for Sale8:37
    3Rica Pulpa3:55

    References

    The Ahmad Jamal Trio Wikipedia
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