Ahmad Trio Jamal - Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958
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Artist: Ahmad Trio JamalEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2007-02-12
Music Label: Gambit Spain
Soundtracks:
- But Not For Me
- Surrey With The Fringe On Top
- Moonlight In Vermont
- Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel)
- There Is No Greater Love
- Poinciana
- Woody Â?N You
- WhatÂ?S New?
- Too Late Now
- All The Things You Are
- Cherokee
- It Might As Well Be Spring
- IÂ?Ll Remember April
- My Funny Valentine
- Gone With The Wind
- Billy Boy
- ItÂ?S You Or No One
- They CanÂ?T Take That Away From Me
- Poor Butterfly
- Poinciana (Single Version) (Bonus Track)
Music reviews of Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958
Music Review: The ORIGINAL LP gets 5 stars, but this CD has hiss ...
Rating: 4 Stars
... moreover, there's a better alternative on LP with cleaner sound (I'll get to that in a moment), and that's why I can't give this remastered CD five stars. The performances, on the other hand, are timeless, incomparable, and classic -- if you're ANY kind of jazz fan, this belongs in your permanent music library.
At The Pershing (recorded here in Chicago) has been so influential on so many jazz artists, but more than that, it is just SO easy to listen to, bright, inventive, engaging, hypnotic. It draws you in and holds you right on through the last cut. Long one of my most valued jazz recordings, it includes what is probably the definitive version of "Poinciana," which Jamal made forever his own with this performance.
But like I said, there's a better alternative on VINYL, if you can find it: Sun Set: Live At The Pershing Vol 1 & 2 / At The Blackhawk, a 2-LP set by Chess of the original Argo 1958 and 1961 recordings. Unlike the folks who put out this "Complete Live At The Pershing Lounge" CD, Chess got a good master somewhere -- and the sound quality of the LP set does justice to the performances, which are just completely enchanting. I used to own this LP set and played it to death for years, over and over until I lost it in a building fire (luckily, I'd made a cassette tape copy that survived, which I played until *that* wore out and self-destructed). I can still remember most of Poinciana bar by bar in my head and never tire of it.
[...]
I cannot imagine that anyone in his right mind who has a copy of the 2-LP Sun Set would ever part with it -- but if you DO see a copy on vinyl in reasonably good shape, snatch it up quickly!!! You'll be glad you did: this is the best that Ahmad Jamal has *ever* played, and I love it still. So will you.
Barring that, I guess you'll just have to settle for this second-best CD -- but it's still VERRRRRY much worth having. Even badly remastered Ahmad Jamal is still a joy!
Description of Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958
Although They were Not Ahmad Jamal?s First Recordings, the 1958 Pershing and Spotlite Performances Marked the Beginning of his Success. The Original Album but Not for Me, Taped at the Pershing Lounge in Chicago on January 16 and 17, 1958, Included Eight of the 43 Tunes Played by the Trio, which were Carefully Selected by the Pianist Himself. For this Reason, They Are also the First Eight Tracks on Our Collection. Two Years Later, the Album?s Success Tempted the Original Producers to Release Eleven More Tunes (Tracks 9-19), which were Again Selected under the Supervision of Jamal?s Attentive Ears. It is Believed that the Unused Material was Put Aside and Subsequently Lost. This CD Brings Together all Known Material plus a Rare Bonus Track.Broadway & Vocalists CDs
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