The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | October 25, 1951 May 5, 1952 October 1955 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Epic LN 3631 | |||
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The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal. It contains performances from his earliest recording sessions for Okeh in 1951–52 in Chicago, and an Epic session from October 1955 in New York, NY. It includes additional selections from the sessions where the 1956 album The Ahmad Jamal Trio was recorded. The album was re-released in 2005 with additional tracks.
This album was released at the beginning of his career. Jazz historian Scott Yanow notes that Jamal's use of space and dynamics "was very different than the style of any other jazz pianist of the era," and that it illustrates "a style that would be a major influence on Miles Davis' music".