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Ahmad Jamal Trio concert at the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival
One of the most elegant and harmonically inventive pianists in jazz, Ahmad Jamal has been a highly regarded figure among fellow musicians for the past 50 years.
Jamal's appearance at the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival with his ground-breaking trio featuring bassist Israel Crosby and drummer Vernel Fournier came a year after their influential and best-selling Argo recording Live at the Pershing: But Not for Me, which established the group as a major force in modern jazz on the strength of their magical chemistry...(Source: WolfgangsVault)
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