#2 'Jazz Album of the Year' DownBeat Magazine Readers Poll 2012
Grammy-nominated in Best Jazz Instrumental Album category
To celebrate the success of Ahmad Jamal's new masterpiece Blue Moon, here is a special collector's edition. Included are the CD of the studio session and a DVD of the live recording of his concert at the Olympia in Paris on 27 June. The pianist performs at the very peak of his art, leading his trio of fantastic rhythmic musicians with precision and generosity. Abounding in melodic acrobatics and syncopated rhythms that will leave you breathless, the album swings along majestically which well and truly confirms Ahmad Jamal as the great ambassador of 'American classical music' (as the man himself prefers to call it.).
PERSONNEL:
AHMAD JAMAL – piano
REGINALD VEAL – double bass
HERLIN RILEY – drums
MANOLO BADRENA - percussion
CD + DVD COLLECTOR’S EDITION ON DELUXE DIGIPAK
TRACK LISTING:
01. Autumn Rain 7'38
02. Blue Moon 9'55
03. The Gypsy (Billy Reid) 5'14
04. Invitation 13'13
05. I Remember Italy 13'08
06. Laura 6'30
07. Morning Mist 8'20
08. This is the Life 7'09
09. Woody'n You 4'57
INCLUDED DVD – 60 MIN – NTSC – FILMED LIVE IN PARIS, FRANCE, JUNE 27TH 2012 BLUE MOON at L’OLYMPIA