# CD review: Ahmad Jamal – At The Pershing And Other Live Recordings 1958-59 – 2020: Video, CD cover

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2020/04/11/cd-review-ahmad-jamal-at-the-pershing-and-other-live-recordings-1958-59-2020-video-cd-cover/
- Published: 2020-04-11T21:50:50+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Ahmad Jamal is a modern jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator, born 
in 1930, who has been active in the genre for 70 years. A Pittsburgh native, he 
started playing professionally in the mid-1940s at the age of 14 and was hailed 
by Art Tatum even at that stage of his life as “a coming great”. **

He converted to Islam in 1950 and formed his first trio in 1951, developing a minimalist,
spacious style admired by the likes of Miles Davis, with his music prompting reviewer
John Morthland to write that: “If you’re looking for an argument that pleasurable
mainstream art can assume radical status at the same time, Jamal is your guide”.
By the mid-50s his recordings and performances had firmly established him on the
scene, and during 1958 and 1959 his trio did a series of recorded ‘live’ performances
which included the “At the Pershing: But Not for Me” LP, which was a big commercial
success and the most highly-regarded and critically acclaimed album of his career,
cementing his place in the jazz pantheon. This great-value 57-track 3-CD set comprises
recordings from The Pershing Lounge, Chicago in January 1958, The Spotlite Club 
in Washington DC in September 1958, Nola’s Penthouse Studio, New York, in February
1959 and the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1959. These recordings represent the 
complete contents of the albums “At The Pershing: But Not For Me”, “At The Pershing
Vol. 2”, “Ahmad Jamal Trio Volume IV”, “Portfolio Of Ahmad Jamal” and “Jamal At 
The Penthouse”, along with selected titles from the Newport performance. It’s an
entertaining collection of some of his most renowned recordings, and a great showcase
for a highly distinctive jazz stylist.

**CD1**

01 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – But Not For Me
 02 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Surrey With
The Fringe On Top 03 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Moonlight In Vermont 04 – The Ahmad
Jamal Trio – Music, Music, Music 05 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – No Greater Love 06 –
The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Poinciana 07 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Wood’yn You 08 – The
Ahmad Jamal Trio – What’s New 09 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Too Late Now 10 – The 
Ahmad Jamal Trio – All The Things You Are 11 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Cherokee 12–
The Ahmad Jamal Trio – It Might As Well Be Spring 13 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – I’ll
Remember April 14 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – My Funny Valentine 15 – The Ahmad Jamal
Trio – Gone With The Wind 16 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Billy Boy 17 – The Ahmad Jamal
Trio – It’s You Or No One 18 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – They Can’t Take That Away 
From Me 19 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Poor Butterfly 20 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Stomping
At The Savoy 21 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – That’s All

**CD2**

01 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – The Girl Next Door
 02 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Squatty
Roo 03 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Autumn In New York 04 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Taboo
05 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Secret Love 06 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Should I 07 –
The Ahmad Jamal Trio – I Wish I Knew 08 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Cheek To Cheek 
09 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Old Devil Moon 10 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Seleritus
11 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – It Could Happen To You 12 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Tater
Pie 13 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – This Can’t Be Love 14 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Autumn
Leaves 15 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Let’s Fall In Love 16 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio –
Aki And Ukthay (Brother And Sister) 17 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – You Don’t Know What
Love Is 18 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – I Didn’t Know What Time It Was

**CD3**

01 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Ivy
 02 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – So Beats My Heart For
You 03 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Gal In Calico 04 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Our Delight
05 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Comme Ci Comme Ca 06 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Ivy 07–
The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Never Never Land 08 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Tangerine 09–
The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Ahmad’s Blues 10 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Seleritus 11 – 
The Ahmad Jamal Trio – I Like To Recognize The Tune 12 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – 
I’m Alone With You 13 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Sophisticated Gentleman 14 – The 
Ahmad Jamal Trio – It’s You Or No One 15 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Poinciana 16 –
The Ahmad Jamal Trio – There Is No Greater Love 17 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – Surrey
With The Fringe On Top 18 – The Ahmad Jamal Trio – But Not For Me

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