Artist: Ahmad Jamal | Album: Blue Moon | Released: 2012 | Label: Jazz Village | Genre: Jazz | Country: USA | Duration: 01:16:36
Still going strong at the age of 81, legendary jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal’s love letter to his favorite Broadway, Hollywood, and Great American Songbook classics, Blue Moon, is arguably one of his most accomplished efforts since his Chess/Impulse! heyday. The Pittsburgh virtuoso, once credited by Miles Davis as a major influence on his career, shows that age is no barrier to invention with six exquisite reworkings of postwar standards, from a romantic orchestral take on the title track to Otto Preminger’s 1944 film Laura to a delicately whimsical interpretation of Charlie Parker’s “Gypsy.” Jamal’s improvised cluster of chords remains as expressive and sprightly as ever, but it’s when drummer Herlin Riley, who along with bassist Reginald Veal (Wynton Marsalis) and percussionist Manolo Badrena (Weather Report) form the backbone of the record, is allowed to let loose that they really spring to life, from the syncopated grooves of the epic 13-minute adaptation of A Life of Her Own’s “Invitation,” to the Latin rhythms on the title track and Dizzy Gillespie’s “Woody’n You,” to the surprisingly contemporary R&B beats of Golden Boy show tune “This Is the Life.” The simmering lounge pop of “Autumn Rain,” the delicate “Morning Mist,” and the tender solo “I Remember Italy,” a Debussy-esque number inspired by his many travels, all of which are original compositions, are equally majestic. But it’s his interpretative skills that ensure Blue Moon will go down as one of Jamal’s modern greats.
Tracklisting:
01. Autumn Rain
02. Blue Moon
03. Gypsy
04. Invitation
05. I Remember Italy
06. Laura
07. Morning Mist
08. This Is the Life
09. Woody’n You
Single download
Ahmad Jamal – Autumn Rain 
Ahmad Jamal – Blue Moon
Ahmad Jamal – Gypsy
Ahmad Jamal – Invitation
Ahmad Jamal – I Remember Italy
Ahmad Jamal – Laura
Ahmad Jamal – Morning Mist
Ahmad Jamal – This Is the Life
Category:Jazz
Main catalog
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