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Ahmad Jamal|Nature: The Essence Part III

Nature: The Essence Part III

Ahmad Jamal

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Still pursuing his own muse, Jamal is up to his usual tricks with his hypnotic vamps and and feverish runs, as ever refusing to toe the line and sound like everyone else. In this, the third installment of his Essence series, Jamal adds a different twist -- a fine jazz steel drum player named Othello Molineaux -- and he mixes a few transfigured standards ("The End of a Love Affair" is completely re-routed through his nervous system) with pieces of his own. The first version (for quartet) of "If I Find You Again" is a magnificent example of the tension Jamal can generate. "And We Were Lovers" and "Chaperon" are huge, borderline bombastic piano solos that ought to erase any doubts that Jamal continues to command one monster keyboard technique. As in the previous Essence entries, a guest horn player shows up briefly, tenorman Stanley Turrentine in epigrammic form on "Devil's in My Den," and the ultra-responsive rhythm section remains Idris Muhammad (drums) and James Cammack (bass).

© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo

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1
If I Find You Again (LP Quartet Version)
00:07:52

Ahmad Jamal, MainArtist

© 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp., a Warner Music Group company, for the United States and Canada, and WEA International outside the U.S & Canada ℗ 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp.

2
Like Someone in Love (LP Version)
00:06:47

Johnny Burke, Composer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Ahmad Jamal, MainArtist

© 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp., a Warner Music Group company, for the United States and Canada, and WEA International outside the U.S & Canada ℗ 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp.

3
Chaperon (LP Version)
00:02:47

Ahmad Jamal, Composer, MainArtist

© 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp., a Warner Music Group company, for the United States and Canada, and WEA International outside the U.S & Canada ℗ 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp.

4
Devil's in My Den (LP Version)
00:04:59

Ahmad Jamal, MainArtist

© 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp., a Warner Music Group company, for the United States and Canada, and WEA International outside the U.S & Canada ℗ 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp.

5
And We Were Lovers (LP Version)
00:03:26

Jerry Goldsmith, Composer - Ahmad Jamal, MainArtist

© 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp., a Warner Music Group company, for the United States and Canada, and WEA International outside the U.S & Canada ℗ 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp.

6
Fantastic Vehicle (LP Version)
00:04:41

Ahmad Jamal, MainArtist - Joe Kennedy Jr, Composer

© 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp., a Warner Music Group company, for the United States and Canada, and WEA International outside the U.S & Canada ℗ 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp.

7
The End of a Love Affair (LP Version)
00:06:58

Ahmad Jamal, MainArtist - Edward Redding, Composer

© 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp., a Warner Music Group company, for the United States and Canada, and WEA International outside the U.S & Canada ℗ 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp.

8
Cabin in the Sky (LP Version)
00:08:50

Ahmad Jamal, MainArtist

© 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp., a Warner Music Group company, for the United States and Canada, and WEA International outside the U.S & Canada ℗ 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp.

9
If I Find You Again (LP Duet Version)
00:04:44

Ahmad Jamal, MainArtist

© 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp., a Warner Music Group company, for the United States and Canada, and WEA International outside the U.S & Canada ℗ 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp.

Album review

Still pursuing his own muse, Jamal is up to his usual tricks with his hypnotic vamps and and feverish runs, as ever refusing to toe the line and sound like everyone else. In this, the third installment of his Essence series, Jamal adds a different twist -- a fine jazz steel drum player named Othello Molineaux -- and he mixes a few transfigured standards ("The End of a Love Affair" is completely re-routed through his nervous system) with pieces of his own. The first version (for quartet) of "If I Find You Again" is a magnificent example of the tension Jamal can generate. "And We Were Lovers" and "Chaperon" are huge, borderline bombastic piano solos that ought to erase any doubts that Jamal continues to command one monster keyboard technique. As in the previous Essence entries, a guest horn player shows up briefly, tenorman Stanley Turrentine in epigrammic form on "Devil's in My Den," and the ultra-responsive rhythm section remains Idris Muhammad (drums) and James Cammack (bass).

© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo

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