The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal


The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal. It contains performances from his earliest recording sessions for Okeh in 1951–52 in Chicago, and an Epic session from October 1955 in New York, NY. It includes additional selections from the sessions where the 1956 album The Ahmad Jamal Trio was recorded. The album was re-released in 2005 with additional tracks.
This album was released at the beginning of his career. Jazz historian Scott Yanow notes that Jamal's use of space and dynamics "was very different than the style of any other jazz pianist of the era," and that it illustrates "a style that would be a major influence on Miles Davis' music".

Track listing

1959 Edition
  1. "Old Devil Moon" 3:46
  2. "Ahmad's Blues" 2:57
  3. "Poinciana" 4:36
  4. "Billy Boy" 2:41
  5. "Will You Still Be Mine?" 2:45
  6. "Pavanne" 4:27
  7. "Crazy He Calls Me" 4:59
  8. "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" 2:52
  9. "Aki and Ukthay" 3:08
  10. "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" 4:53
  11. "A Gal in Calico" 2:37
  12. "It's Easy to Remember" 2:56
2005 Edition
  1. "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" 2:52
  2. "Will You Still Be Mine?" 2:45
  3. "Ahmad's Blues" 2:57
  4. "A Gal in Calico" 2:37
  5. "Aki and Ukthay" 3:08
  6. "Billy Boy" 2:41
  7. "Black Beauty" 3:27
  8. "Love for Sale" 8:32
  9. "Something to Remember You By" 2:49
  10. "Poinciana" 4:36
  11. "Don't Blame Me"
  12. "Autumn Leaves" 2:41
  13. "They Can't Take That Away From Me"
  14. "Old Devil Moon" 3:46
  15. "It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)"
  16. "Squeeze Me" 3:51
  17. "Crazy He Calls Me" 4:59
  18. "Pavanne" 4:27
  19. "Perfidia" 3:57
  20. "Rica Pulpa" 3:51
  21. "The Donkey Serenade" 3:18

Personnel