The Great Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal – At The Pershing / But Not For Me
My dad turned me on to Poinciana the other day… holy crap, what an amazing jazz song. So, for starters, just listen to someone take a jazz piano standard and turn it into something definitive:
[audio:http://thesweetsnob.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/06-Poinciana.mp3|titles=Ahmad Jamal – Poinciana]This is just a fantastic merging of percussion and piano. I wish there was video so I could see if they had halos over their heads or something.
Another spectacular one, Woody’n You:
[audio:http://thesweetsnob.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/07-Woodyn-You.mp3|titles=Ahmed Jamal – Woody’n You]A more chilled out but equally impressive Moonlight in Vermont:
[audio:http://thesweetsnob.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/03-Moonlight-in-Vermont.mp3|titles=Ahmad Jamal – Moonlight in Vermont]It was hard for me to pick out highlights, because I’ve just been listening to the whole album over and over again.