Ahmad Jamal - 3 Original Album Classics (2010/2017)

Tracklist:

01. Bellows (Live)
02. Patches (Live)
03. Autumn Leaves (Live)
04. Devil'S in My Den (Live)
05. There's Lull in My Life (Live)
06. In Search Of
07. Should I
08. Excerpts from I'll Take the 20
09. Island Fever
10. I've Never Been in Love Before
11. Where Are You
12. Where Are You Now
13. You Can See
14. Perfidia
15. I'll Always Be with You
16. Dynamo
17. Swahililand
18. Back to the Island
19. It's Magic
20. Wild Is the Wind / Sing
21. The Way You Look Tonight
22. Arabesque
23. Papillon
24. Fitnah
25. Fantastic Vehicle
26. Our Delight
27. Poor Pierrot

[qupte]One of the most individualistic pianists, composers, and arrangers of his generation, Ahmad Jamal's disciplined technique and minimalist style had a huge impact on trumpeter Miles Davis, and Jamal is often cited as contributing to the development of cool jazz throughout the 1950s. Though Jamal was a highly technically proficient player, well-versed in the gymnastic idioms of swing and bebop, he chose to play in a more pared down and nuanced style. Which is to say that while he played with the skill of a virtuoso, it was often what he chose not to play that marked him as an innovator. Influenced by such pianists as Errol Garner, Art Tatum, and Nat King Cole, as well as big-band and orchestral music, Jamal developed his own boundary-pushing approach to modern jazz that incorporated an abundance of space, an adept use of tension and release, unexpected rhythmic phrasing and dynamics, and a highly melodic, compositional style. [/quote]