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Today's Shelf Pull: Ahmad Jamal, Space That Swings

Ahmad Jamal's Ahmad's Blues is on the shelf today: a 1958 LP where jazz piano proves that leaving room can be a very decisive act.

Some piano records try to impress you by filling every corner of the room.

Ahmad Jamal knew better.

Ahmad's Blues is one of those records where the quiet bits are not decoration. They are load-bearing. The trio plays as if every pause has been measured, weighed, polished and then placed exactly where it can cause the most trouble.

This is jazz with manners, but do not mistake manners for meekness.

On the shelf today

Ahmad Jamal - Ahmad's Blues

LP / Jazz / 1958

EUR20 / Available now

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