Ahmad Jamal

CTL-E-0029 · Person · musician · 1950s–2020s

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Pianist whose trio's live 'At the Pershing' became a landmark Chicago jazz recording.

Relationships

Chess Records — recorded for
Jamal's breakthrough 'At the Pershing' (1958) was released on Argo; Argo was the jazz subsidiary of Chess Records (the Chess brothers signed Jamal to Argo, as documented by All About Jazz and DownBeat).

Sources

NPR obituary/retrospective
Britannica: Ahmad Jamal

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