Blue Moon
JV 570001 (p) 2011 ACM Productions – Jazz Book Records
TRACK LIST
1. Autumn Rain (Ahmad Jamal) 07.45
2. Blue Moon (Richard Rodgers – Lorenzo Hart) 10.11
3. Gypsy (Billy Reid) 05.26
4. Invitation (Bronislan Kaper) 13.21
5. I Remember Italy (Ahmad Jamal) 13.14
6. Laura (David Raksin – Johnny Mercer) 06.33
7. Morning Mist (Ahmad Jamal) 08.44
8. This Is The Life (Lee Adams – Charles Strouse) 07.38
9. Woody’n You (Dizzy Gillespie) 05.11
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ARTISTS
AHMAD JAMAL: piano / Reginald Veal: double bass / Herlin Riley: drums / Manolo Badrena: percussion
PRESENTATION
Arrangements by Ahmad Jamal / Recorded in New York City, U.S.A, October 2011.
Blue Moon is not just Ahmad Jamal’s latest album, it’s his latest masterpiece, suffused with a feeling reminiscent of his greatest periods with Chess and Impulse! Original compositions of pure majesty, brilliant new interpretations of American legends (the “film noir”, Broadway, the vast open spaces), each of these nine pieces showcases Jamal’s creative reinvention of swing, provides a pretext for some breathtaking melodies and calls on sophisticated syncopations that will leave you gasping.
Accompanied by three impeccable guardians of the tempo, Ahmad Jamal is at the peak of his art. Formerly a highly talented pianist of a type of music known as jazz, he is now the chief apostle of American classical music.
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