Ahmad Jamal

180 gram VINYL –AUDIOPHILE PRESSING

THE COMPLETE LP + 2 BONUS TRACKS

4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

This album was recorded three years before Ahmad Jamal’s rise to fame following the success of his 1958 Pershing and Spotlight live albums. Issued in 1956, the LP The Ahmad Jamal Trio comprises performances from an extended single 1955 Epic session in New York. Jamal was accompanied by the legendary bassist Israel Crosby, and guitarist Ray Crawford. (His later trios would feature drums instead of guitar.)

PERSONNEL:

• Ahmad Jamal - (piano)
• Ray Crawford - (guitar)
• Israel Crosby - (bass)

New York, October 25, 1955.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 PERFIDIA
• A2 LOVE FOR SALE
• A3 RICA PULPA
• A4 AUTUMN LEAVES
• A5 POINCIANA (*)

• SIDE B
• B1 SQUEEZE ME
• B2 SOMETHING TO REMEMBER YOU BY
• B3 BLACK BEAUTY
• B4 THE DONKEY SERENADE
• B5 DON’T BLAME ME
• B6 THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME
• B7 OLE DEVIL MOON (*)

• (*) Bonus tracks. From the same session, not on the original LP.