Music
“No single artist after the great alto saxophonist [Charlie Parker] has been more important to the development of fresh form in jazz than Ahmad Jamal,” wrote music critic Stanley Crouch.
April 16, 2023
The trio Ahmad Jamal brought to Catalina Bar & Grill on Tuesday was a distinct change from his past groups.
Oct. 24, 1991
To pianist Ahmad Jamal, music is as much silence as it is sound--as much soft understatement as roaring crescendo.
Dec. 1, 1994
Jazz review: An experiment in instrumentation proves another winner for the 40-year-veteran keyboardist in his Costa Mesa performance.
Sept. 14, 1998
Pianist Ahmad Jamal is the Sugar Ray Leonard of jazz, a performer whose quick-handed, in-and-out style seems flashy but lightweight until, wham!
June 25, 1987
What is Ahmad Jamal’s secret?
March 30, 1989
Miles Davis’ Inspiration Ahmad Jamal Has a New Album and Will Be in Costa Mesa on Saturday
Sept. 11, 1998
Entertainment & Arts
The notion of a jazz artist as a stylist--as a performer with an immediately identifiable musical personality--hasn’t been particularly present in the art in recent decades.
May 31, 2002
It’s an old story now--Miles Davis’ often stated affection for the playing of pianist Ahmad Jamal.
May 11, 2001
There’s never any doubt about what to expect from an Ahmad Jamal program: intense, theatrical contrasts of mood and color, unexpected shifts of harmony, and some solid rhythmic grooves.
July 18, 1996