 
Like a more bouyant Nat King Cole during his legendary trio days, the way Ahmad Jamal plays his piano on these early 1950s recordings is hard not to bring a smile to one’s face. He had the same type of combo as Nat’s trio, though of course there’s no singing here. Just three cats, hep to the jive, swingin’ and galloping with that strange horsey clipity clopity on tracks like “Love For Sale” and “Billy Boy.” Everything from the original Epic LPs The Ahmad Jamal Trio (LN 3212) and Ahmad Jamal (LN 3631) is represented here, in a different sequence and curiously omitting “Slaughter On 10th Avenue.” Dig it. - Michael Fortes
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Ahmad Jamal