Portfolio of Ahmad Jamal explained

Portfolio of Ahmad Jamal
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Ahmad Jamal
Cover:	File:Album_cover_for_Portait_Of_Ahmad_Jamal_by_Ahmad_Jamal.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	September 5–6, 1958 The Spotlight Club, DC
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Argo LPS-638
Chronology:	Ahmad Jamal
Prev Title:	Ahmad Jamal Trio Volume IV
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	Jamal at the Penthouse
Next Year:	1959

Portfolio of Ahmad Jamal is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded live on location at the Spotlite Club in Washington, DC on September 5–6, 1958 and released on Argo in 1959.^[1] It includes additional selections from the engagement where Ahmad Jamal Trio Volume IV was recorded, and the complete recordings from these shows were released on 2007's Complete Live at the Spotlight Club 1958 on the Gambit label. The original release was a 2-LP set. Pianist Keith Jarrett has said this album changed his life.^[2]

Reception

AllMusic rates the album 3 out of 5 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Ahmad Jamal except as indicated

"This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
"Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert)
"Ahmad's Blues"
"Old Devil Moon" (E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Burton Lane)
"Serelitus"
"It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen)
"Ivy" (Hoagy Carmichael)
"Tater Pie" (Irving Ashby)
"Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
"Aki and Ukthay (Brother & Sister)"
"You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene DePaul, Don Raye)
"I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
"So Beats My Heart for You" (Pat Ballard, Charles Henderson, Tom Waring)
"Gal in Calico" (Leo Robin, Arthur Schwartz)
"Our Delight" (Tadd Dameron)

Personnel

Ahmad Jamal – piano
Israel Crosby – double bass
Vernel Fournier – drums

Notes and References

http://www.ahmadjamal.com/about/discography Ahmad Jamal discography
Web site: Keith Jarrett: Alone in a Crowded Room . jazztimes.com . December 31, 2017.