The Music of Ahmad Jamal

He came into this world as Frederick Russell Jones and then in 1950 adopted the name we know and love him by. Ahmad was on the leading edge of various styles over the course of his long and storied career. His prediliction for ballads belies the technique with which he makes the complicated seem simple. Here are but a few of his records.

Ahmad Jamal: Happy Moods	Ahmad Jamal Trio: Count 'Em 88	Ahmad Jamal: Jamal at the Penthouse