Mondo Jazz

And that's just the piano players. When you factor in such artists as John Coltrane, "Cannonball" Adderley, and Miles Davis - whose fifties bands frequently recorded lesser known standards Jamal played in strikingly similar arrangements - and add up all the generations of musicians exposed to their work, you start to see how the sky fills with flaming, colored light.

His recording as a piano trio leader on Argo, owned by Chicago's Chess recording label, began in 1956. And that's where our new retrospective begins on The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62. The first definitive collection of his work from this seminal era of his career, it includes all the tunes for which Jamal became renowned, such as "Ahmad's Blues," "Poinciana," "But Not For Me," and "Billy Boy," a song so often re-done in Jamal's style that his version has almost become the new standard.

Plus, there is a delightful bonus of 23 tracks that have never appeared before on record, all approved for release by Ahmad himself and each a revelation. Our jam-packed nine-CD package, covering material originally released on 12 LPs, is also a textbook on how to use all the elements of a musical composition not just to entertain, but to invent, beguile, challenge yourself as a musician, and challenge the audience to listen.

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