Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 1985
1986 live album by Ahmad Jamal
Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 1985 | ||||
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Live album by Ahmad Jamal | ||||
Released | 1986 | |||
Recorded | July 1985 | |||
Venue | Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal, Canada | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 68:33 | |||
Label | Atlantic 781 699-1 | |||
Producer | Ahmad Jamal and Laura Hess-Hay | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 1985 and released on the Atlantic label.[3]
Critical reception
The double album was released in 1986. Billboard listed it as a "recommended" album in November of that year.[4] Scott Yanow, in his review for Allmusic, states "This particular group is often reminiscent of Jamal's trios of the '50s, although with more modern bass playing and some denser piano than before".[1]
Track listing
All compositions by Ahmad Jamal except as indicated
- "Yellow Fellow" (Christian Paulin) – 15:02
- "Make Someone Happy" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 7:10
- "Acorn" – 7:21
- "Crossroads" – 8:52
- "Rossiter Road" – 8:54
- "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:52
- "Footprints" (Wayne Shorter) – 8:09
- "Ebony" (Jack DeJohnette) – 8:34
Personnel
- Ahmad Jamal – piano
- James Cammack – bass
- Herlin Riley – drums
- Selden Newton – percussion
References
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 25, 2012
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 761. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Ahmad Jamal discography Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 25, 2012
- ^ "Jazz: Recommended". Billboard. 22 November 1986. p. 78. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
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