Ahmad Jamal Trio Volume IV explained

Ahmad Jamal Trio: Volume IV
Type:Live Album
Artist:Ahmad Jamal
Cover:Ahmad Jamal Trio Vol IV (album).jpg
Released:1958
Recorded:September 6, 1958
The Spotlight Club, DC
Genre:Jazz
Label:Argo Records
Argo LP-636
Producer:Dave Usher
Chronology:Ahmad Jamal
Prev Year:1958
Next Title:Portfolio of Ahmad Jamal
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The Ahmad Jamal Trio: Volume IV is a 1958 jazz album by pianist Ahmad Jamal. The album was recorded live on location at the Spotlight Club in Washington, DC, on September 6, 1958. The LP was released as Argo Records LP-636.[1] This was Jamal's first recording following his surprise hit record, .

Critical reception

Scott Yanow of AllMusic notes that Volume IV "gives one a fairly definitive sampling of the unusual sound of the group, which could play with great passion while lowering the volume." Yanow commends the versions of "Taboo," "The Girl Next Door," "Cheek to Cheek," and "Secret Love" recorded on the album.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Taboo" (M. Lecuona) (3:55)
  2. "Should I" (Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) (3:31)
  3. "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Sampson, Webb, Goodman, Razaf, Robbins) (4:15)
  4. "The Girl Next Door" (Martin & Blaine, Leo Feist) (3:22)
  5. "I Wish I Knew" (Gordon, Warren) (3:27)
  6. "Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) (4:46)
  7. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) (3:11)
  8. "Secret Love" (S. Fein, P. Webster) (3:40)
  9. "Squatty Roo" (Johnny Hodges) (2:14)
  10. "That's All" (Brandt, Haymes) (2:29)

Personnel

Production

Release history

Notes and References

  1. Book: Popoff, Martin. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. September 8, 2009. Penguin. 9781440229169. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Ahmad Jamal Trio, Vol. IV . Yanow . Scott . AllMusic . 2012-09-23.

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