Ahmad Jamal Trio- Ahmads Blues

[SeerTrulth]

At 2:03 he did a totally Gene Harris (Three Sounds) thing. In fact, he sounds just like Mr. Harris a lot of the time.

[horbergus]

Is that ben webster? 1:41

[marcellomenta]

This marvelous tune IS NOT "Ahmad's blues"; in fact it is called "Excerpt from the blues" as can be checked on his great 1960 album "Happy moods". Long live Jamal!!!

[sdh74]

BRILLIANT!!!

[SeerTrulth]

Anyone have more questions about how we are blessed, each and every one of us humans? WE can do this, this which you see here. YOU can be this beautiful and amazing, in your own special way. YOU ARE, but you don't know it clearly yet. I'm in the middle of that struggle. Bless art.

[wwisely]

Live at Pershing was the first jazz album that ever blew me away. It was a gateway to a university of feeling and the comprehension of mortality. Ineffable jazz!

[presonuz]

Jamal is amazing as always, but I think the REAL star is at 1:42 let's be honest here.

[CrimsonZsexy]

i hate all this guys, they were actually THERE listening to the REAL sounds aaaaaah!

[gogodol]

the bass player is chillin' so hot I can't stand quiet in my bedroom

[RevWrona]

Wow, that was just a beautifully done.

[designermite]

Sweet.



[musikabarnetik]

haha this video is from before the stages were invented?

[CrimsonZsexy]

@musikabarnetik haha its actually better without stages, they should never had been invented

[Littlewhitelephant]

I meant his music of course ...

[Littlewhitelephant]

When i came to know Ahmad Jamal, I immediately got the feeling to know him since my beeing in mothers womb. :-)

[iseankimi]

3:25-3:30

[ThaBeatDocta]

yo alimaltz, is this on a dvd?

[mackingtheknifeful]

Jazz best well keep secret!!!

[gcrav]

Somebody gave Ben a match. 

[menzies1930]

Inspirational........

[caroljm36]

What TV show was this? 

[FLAPP0]

nobody kills the keys like this anymore i love it so do the ladies

[PrinceNoirAmericain]

splendid

[britteach]

I couldn't agree more with those that adore this trio, Ahmad Jamal is a supreme talent.

[realsave0904]

Awesome!

[Papillonmuscogee]

This'll work. Goes very well with Cabernet.

[DenisRancourt]

wow. That is a music video.

[tinogilito]

The title is "Excerpt from the blues"

[jazzyuyu80]

Wow, this is incredible...so enjoyable. Thank you soooo much for sharing this.

[julesmonendrumface]

Hank Jones,Ben Webster, and Jo Jones!

See them swingin' over there

[atombomb31458]

highest level of jazz...

[brandonj70]

"All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal."

- Miles Davis

[MacMotx]

@brandonj70 And he was even telling red garland he wanted to sound him like ahmad!!! Red is red and Ahmad is blue.

[teemingup]

@brandonj70 oh how he wished Jamal could have joined his band....so he tried to get Red Garland to play like this

[olivierbarjot]

Jamal's touch is incredible..often miraculous.What a trio that was!

[zdogg8]

@ sonwamc:

Wrong, this is the lineup you mention, Furnier, and Crosby - sho is, what made you think otherwise?

[sonwamac]

That's a white guy on drums ...don't know. don't recognise him as furnier... unless Furnier is a LOT more light skinned than I remember (I was a little kid though). also spamreceptacle is right this song is NOT "Ahmad's Blues". It's another song that i thinnk is also named after Ahmad...but i remember this tune and its not Ahmand's Blues

[echoplus2020]

Ya I think you're right

This is the other Ahmad's Blues:

watch?v=sZ_Op8dP5Iw

[spamreceptacle1]

This isn't "Ahmad's Blues" (unless there's more than one song that goes by that title). Anyone know what it is? The chords sound pretty familiar, but I can't place them.

[PSIchiater]

Sehr PSIchiatrischer Blues yeah my Man!

[sonwamac]

the guys playing with him aren't the classic Ahmad Jamal Trio Israel Cosby (bass) and Vernell Furrnier (drums)...the three of them together were tight tight tight. But these guys are pretty good

[poursavoir]

@sonwamac actually, they are

[TheCentaur23]

@sonwamac

No, this is undoubtedly the classic Jamal trio with Israel Crosby and Vernel Fournier. Don't be fooled by Vernel's appearance; he was of mixed race, although he passed for white.

[CyWebb]

i luv the early live ahmad trio albums!

[adeduction]

It was Ben Webster with the hat and cigarette hanging from his mouth. White guy with beard I think was Nat Hentoff, the famous critic who wrote & edited Down Beat at that time. The great drummer Jo Jones was also there really 'digging' the trio. I wonder if the guy in the suit standing right next to Jamal was Hank Jones? Fantastic original jazz piano player & who influenced jazz a lot - like Powel, Evans, & Jarrett have. I think Miles Davis used to go to listen to him back then in Chicago.

[pzcato]

Yeah...Miles cited him as a pretty big influence on him in his autobiography. He mentioned him quite a bit and admired his use of space...which we all know is the direction Miles went after bebop.

[yurei8]

Great! I wonder what show this is from? I think I recognized Coleman Hawkins, but not sure about anyone else. This is the youngest I have seen of him, in this footage. 1959?!

[courageux28]

Bebop jazz pianist Hank Jones standing at Ahmad's immediate left.

[EnormeNuez]

Ahmad Jamal is just brilliant.

[geb1827]

Great stuff! Ahmad Jamal is the unsung hero of jazz piano.

[MacMotx]

@geb1827 Ahmad jamal is thousand times more known than Herbie Nichols.

[intaskooo]

amazing Ahmad !! wow !