Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958 | |
Type: | live |
Artist: | Ahmad Jamal |
Cover: | Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958.jpg |
Released: | 2007 |
Recorded: | January 16 & 17, 1958 |
Venue: | The Pershing Lounge, Chicago, Illinois |
Genre: | Jazz |
Label: | American Jazz Classics / Phoenix Jazz |
Chronology: | Ahmad Jamal |
Prev Title: | The Legendary Okeh & Epic Recordings (1951–1955) |
Prev Year: | 2005 |
Next Title: | Complete Live at the Spotlight Club 1958 |
Next Year: | 2007 |
Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958 is an album by jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal. It contains performances recorded at The Pershing Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, in 1958. Some of the performances were released on the albums and At the Pershing, Vol. 2.[1]
The music was played in concerts by the trio of pianist Ahmad Jamal, bassist Israel Crosby, and drummer Vernel Fournier at the Pershing Lounge, inside Chicago's Pershing Hotel, on East 64th Street, on January 16 and 17, 1958.
The AllMusic review gave the album five stars, stating: "Gambit Records issued all 19 tracks from the Pershing engagements on one CD, bringing before the public a body of work that two generations of jazz heads had gathered piecemeal on Argo and Chess LPs or various partial CD reissues. Tacked on to this historical edition is an edited version of 'Poinciana' released as a single after it became apparent that it had hit potential."[2]