Ahmad Jamal at the Top: Poinciana Revisited explained

Ahmad Jamal at the Top: Poinciana Revisited
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Ahmad Jamal
Cover:	Ahmad Jamal at the Top.jpg
Released:	1969
Recorded:	1968
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:04
Label:	Impulse! AS 9176
Producer:	Ahmad Jamal, Johnny Pate
Chronology:	Ahmad Jamal
Prev Title:	Tranquility
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	The Awakening
Next Year:	1970

Ahmad Jamal at the Top: Poinciana Revisited is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded at The Village Gate in 1968 and released on the Impulse! label.^[1]

Critical reception

Thom Jurek of Allmusic states the album "reveals Jamal playing in a more driving, percussive style, though he keeps his utterly elegant chord voicings intact".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ahmad Jamal except where noted.

1. "Have You Met Miss Jones" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:47
2. "Poinciana" (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) – 9:19
3. "Lament" – 8:05
4. "Call Me" (Tony Hatch) – 4:51
5. "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" (André Previn, Dory Previn) – 4:23
6. "Frank's Tune" (Frank Strozier) – 5:50
7. "How Insensitive" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) – 5:52

Personnel

• Ahmad Jamal – piano
• Jamil Sulieman – bass
• Frank Gant – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9100-series/#as-9176 Impulse! Records discography
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed May 18, 2012