Jamal, Ahmad / Blue Moon
| Album: | Blue Moon | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Jamal, Ahmad | Added: | Apr 2012 | |
| Label: | Jazz Village | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2012-04-07 | Pull Date: | 2012-06-09 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Jun 10 | Jun 3 | May 27 | May 20 | May 13 | May 6 | Apr 29 | Apr 22 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 13, 2015: | Rebop
Blue Moon |
4. | Jan 03, 2013: | Top 100 Albums of 2012
Invitation |
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| 2. | Jun 14, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Blue Moon |
5. | Oct 07, 2012: | Jazz Iz and Den Som
Invitation |
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| 3. | Jan 04, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum: Top Jazz of 2012
Morning Mist |
6. | Sep 30, 2012: | Jazz Iz and Den Som
Invitation, Autumn Rain |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2012-04-07
Reviewed 2012-04-07
AHMAD JAMAL: Blue Moon
Jazz Village, 2012
MAINSTREAM JAZZ – Piano legend Ahmad Jamal is in his 80s now, but you’d never guess it from this fresh, forceful set. His quartet includes both a drummer and a percussionist, giving these soaring originals and reworked standards extra punch and pressure, not that he needs more: Jamal’s piano – sometimes lush, sometimes pounding – jabs and scurries with glee over the heavy, repetition-based grooves.
Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9
1. 7:37 – relaxed funky soul: simple riffing theme into spiraling solo
2. 9:55 – standard gets new life: great percussion, infectious riff, piano digs in
3. 5:13 – standard is loose and very playful with some odd-noise interjections
4. 13:13 – tough swagger: modern-jazz classic in a funky strut, piano stretches
5. 13:07 – lyrical tune, dances with light and color through several moods
6. 6:29 – piano/bass duet: standard ballad gets jumbled up and smoothed out
7. 8:19 – solo bass intro; big stormy piano settles into an upbeat swing pulse
8. 7:08 – odd mix of a spare funky beat and huge, ornate piano swooping
9. 4:56 – latin-bebop standard as a slick, propulsive glide
[ Fo ] - April 2012
Jazz Village, 2012
MAINSTREAM JAZZ – Piano legend Ahmad Jamal is in his 80s now, but you’d never guess it from this fresh, forceful set. His quartet includes both a drummer and a percussionist, giving these soaring originals and reworked standards extra punch and pressure, not that he needs more: Jamal’s piano – sometimes lush, sometimes pounding – jabs and scurries with glee over the heavy, repetition-based grooves.
Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9
1. 7:37 – relaxed funky soul: simple riffing theme into spiraling solo
2. 9:55 – standard gets new life: great percussion, infectious riff, piano digs in
3. 5:13 – standard is loose and very playful with some odd-noise interjections
4. 13:13 – tough swagger: modern-jazz classic in a funky strut, piano stretches
5. 13:07 – lyrical tune, dances with light and color through several moods
6. 6:29 – piano/bass duet: standard ballad gets jumbled up and smoothed out
7. 8:19 – solo bass intro; big stormy piano settles into an upbeat swing pulse
8. 7:08 – odd mix of a spare funky beat and huge, ornate piano swooping
9. 4:56 – latin-bebop standard as a slick, propulsive glide
[ Fo ] - April 2012
Track Listing
| 1. | Autumn Rain | 5. | I Remember Italy | |||
| 2. | Blue Moon | 6. | Laura | |||
| 3. | Gypsy | 7. | Morning Mist | |||
| 4. | Invitation | 8. | This Is The Life | |||
| 9. | Woody'n You | |||||