Ahmad Jamal, pianist: ‘I had a fallout with Jay-Z and had to get my lawyers involved’ | Culture
, 2022-12-22 21:50:00,
Ahmed Gamal, at 92, has a history of playing the piano at his fingertips. As one of the last survivors of the golden age, he is a musical legend.
He recently released two albums full of live recordings that took place between 1963 and 1966 at the Penthouse Club in Seattle, Washington.
“I wasn’t very elated [about the music] 59 years ago. But they convinced me to release the tapes,” Jamal told EL PAÍS over the phone.
Jamal – who lives in Berkshire, New York – I accepted the interview request in November 2022…with a few conditions. This reporter was prohibited from naming two jazz critics, or from asking Jamal any questions based on what is available on Wikipedia.
Upon his conversion to Islam in 1950, he changed his name. After that religious experience, he left his native Pittsburgh and moved to Chicago – “His second home” – for two years.
I worked for 80 cents an hour installing kitchens. I used to play music in my spare time. Israel Crosby (double guitarist) was the guy who hired me in the beginning,” he recalls.
Crosby – who died in 1962 – was one of the members of the legendary trio, which included Jamal on piano and Fernel Fournier on drums. The band made its first recording of one of the most popular albums in Jazz history: in Pershing: But Not to Me (1958).
“This record made us…
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