- jazz
- 29 min
- 9 tracks
- Argo
Jamal at the Penthouse is an album by jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, recorded live at Nola's Penthouse Studio in New York and released by Argo Records in 1959. This album, unlike other Ahmad Jamal albums, features his trio with a 15-piece string section led by conductor Joe Kennedy.
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Intimate, grave, character-led and earnest.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- A1Comme Çi, Comme Ça2:14
- A2Ivy4:02
- A3Never Never Land3:12
- A4Tangerine2:45
- B1Ahmad’s Blues4:26
- B2Seleritus3:05
- B3I Like to Recognize the Tune1:45
- B4I’m Alone With You3:14
- B5Sophisticated Gentlemen4:17
9 tracks, 29 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Ahmad Jamal
- Label
- Argo
- Released
- 1959
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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