November 24-26
Ahmad Jamal
7:00 & 9:30
Ageless Joy—Ahmad Jamal Returns to the Dakota
“Now in his mid 70s, Jamal has been cited as a key muse by pianists as diverse as McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Cedar Walton, and Mulgrew Miller; echoes of Jamal can be found in the playing of a younger generation; and trumpet legend Miles Davis was so impressed with Jamal’s approach that he repeatedly sought pianists who could incorporate that sound in his early bands.” - Andrea Canter, jazzpolice.com
Ahmad Jamal: A national treasure speaks
“Over coffee or lunch or during a break or sometime this weekend (or whenever), read what pianist/composer/jazz great Ahmad Jamal has to say about all sorts of things.” - Pamela Espeland, minnpost.com
Critic Stanley Crouch cites AHMAD JAMAL’s impact on the fresh form in jazz as an outstanding conceptionalist. Crouch also consider’s Mr. Jamal’s distinctive style as having had an influence on the same level as “Jelly Roll Morton, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Count Basie, Theolonius Monk, Horace Silver and John Lewis, all thinkers whose wrestling with form and content influenced the shape and texture of the music, and whose ensembles were models of their music visions.”
