Ahmad Jamal Musical artist

Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones, July 2, 1930) is an American jazz pianist, composer, group leader, and educator. For five decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz.

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Ahmad Jamal
Birth dateJuly 02, 1930
Birth place
Pennsylvania , Pittsburgh

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Musical artist

BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Jazz
Modal jazz
instrument
Piano
record label
Argo Records
Impulse! Records
Atlantic Records
Epic Records
Okeh Records
Disques Dreyfus
Telarc International Corporation
Parrot Records (blues label)

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External resources

  1. http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead;type=simple;q1=ahmad%20jamal;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;view=reslist;subview=standard;cc=ascead;sort=occur;didno=US-PPiU-ais199741;idno=US-PPiU-ais199741;byte=17205316;focusrgn=summaryinfo
  2. http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/acba49-eric-in-the-evening-ahmad-jamal-interview
  3. http://www.ahmadjamal.com
  4. http://www.ahmadjamal.net
  5. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=300
  6. http://www.jazz.com
  7. http://www.jazz.com/jazz-blog/2008/1/16/ahmad-jamal-s-poinciana-turns-50-today
  8. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15404388