Artist: Ahmad Jamal
Title: The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Mosaic Records / Verve Reissues
Genre: Jazz, Cool Jazz
Quality:  FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 9:28:50
Total Size:  2.71 Gb


Tracklist:

CD 01

01. Volga Boatman (3:53)
02. On Green Dolphin Street (3:20)
03. How About You (5:30)
04. I Just Can't See For Lookin (2:04)
05. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year (2:35)
06. Beat Out One (5:28)
07. Maryam (3:39)
08. Easy To Remember (5:41)
09. Jim Loves Sue (2:51)
10. Secret love (2:42)
11. Taking A Chance On Love (1:49)
12. Cheek To Cheek (5:17)
13. It's You Or No One (2:15)
14. Soft Wind (3:21)
15. Love (3:06)
16. Aki And Ukthay (3:17)
17. Love For Sale (4:02)
18. That's All (1:47)

CD 02

01. But Not For Me (Live At The Pershing Lounge/1958) (3:32)
02. Surrey With The Fringe On Top (Live At The Pershing Lounge/1958) (2:36)
03. Moonlight In Vermont (Live At The Pershing Lounge/1958) (3:10)
04. Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel In) (Live At The Pershing Lounge/1958) (2:57)
05. There Is No Greater Love (Live At The Pershing Lounge) (3:24)
06. Poinciana (Live At The Pershing Lounge, Chicago/1958) (8:09)
07. Woody 'N You (Live At The Pershing Lounge/1958) (3:41)
08. What's New? (Live At The Pershing Lounge/1958) (4:11)
09. Too Late Now (Live At The Pershing Lounge) (2:31)
10. All The Things You Are (Live At The Pershing Lounge) (3:13)
11. Cherokee (Live At Pershing Lounge/1958) (3:43)
12. It Might As Well Be Spring (Live At Pershing Lounge/1958) (3:27)
13. I'll Remember April (Live At Pershing Lounge/1958) (2:41)
14. My Funny Valentine (Live At The Pershing Lounge) (3:28)
15. Gone With The Wind (Live At Pershing Lounge/1958) (3:25)
16. Billy Boy (Live At Pershing Lounge/1958) (3:01)
17. It's You Or No One (Live At Pershing Lounge/1958) (3:34)
18. They Can't Take That Away From Me (Live At The Pershing Lounge) (4:45)
19. Poor Butterfly (Live At The Pershing Lounge) (3:40)

CD 03

01. Taboo (Live / Spotlight Club) (4:06)
02. Should I? (Live / Spotlight Club) (3:43)
03. Stompin' At The Savoy (Live / Spotlight Club) (4:14)
04. The Girl Next Door (Live / Spotlight Club) (3:29)
05. I Wish I Knew (Live / Spotlight Club) (3:43)
06. Cheek To Cheek (Live / Spotlight Club) (4:51)
07. Autumn In New York (Live / Spotlight Club) (3:22)
08. Secret Love (Live / Spotlight Club) (3:53)
09. Squatty Roo (Live / Spotlight Club) (2:19)
10. That's All (Live / Spotlight Club) (2:40)
11. This Can't Be Love (Live / Spotlight Club) (5:02)
12. Autumn Leaves (Live) (7:45)
13. Ahmad's Blues (Live / Spotlight Club) (3:55)
14. Old Devil Moon (Live / Spotlight Club) (3:57)
15. Seleritus (Live / Spotlight Club) (3:08)
16. It Could Happen To You (Live / Spotlight Club) (4:15)
17. Ivy (Live) (2:56)
18. Tater Pie (Live) (3:07)

CD 04

01. Let's Fall In Love (Live At The Spotlight Club) (5:04)
02. Aki And Ukthay (Live At The Spotlight Club/1958) (3:17)
03. You Don't Know What Love Is (Live At The Spotlight Club) (3:31)
04. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Live At The Spotlight Club/1958) (4:36)
05. So Beats My Heart For You (Live At The Spotlight Club/1958) (3:40)
06. A Gal In Calico (Live) (4:46)
07. Our Delight (Live At The Spotlight Club/1958) (3:02)
08. Too Late Now (Live At The Spotlight Club) (4:16)
09. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (Live At The Sopotlight Club) (3:32)
10. Little Old Lady (5:17)
11. For All We Know (2:48)
12. Pavanne (5:47)
13. Excerpts From The Blues (3:04)
14. Easy To Love (3:21)
15. Time On My Hands (1:37)
16. Raincheck (4:44)
17. I'll Never Stop Loving You (3:03)
18. Speak Low (4:56)
19. Rhumba No. 2 (2:41)

CD 05

01. Comme Ci, Comme Ca (2:12)
02. Ivy (3:59)
03. Never Never Land (3:09)
04. Tangerine (2:43)
05. Ahmad's Blues (4:22)
06. Seleritus (3:02)
07. I Like To Recognize The Tune (1:43)
08. I'm Alone With You (3:11)
09. Sophisticated Gentlemen (4:13)
10. Ahmad's Waltz (4:45)
11. Valentina (2:23)
12. Yesterdays (2:57)
13. Tempo For Two (3:28)
14. Hallelujah (2:08)
15. It's A Wonderful World (2:52)
16. Baia (4:01)
17. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (3:39)
18. Lover Man (4:07)
19. Who Cares? (3:13)

CD 06

01. Im Old Fashioned (5:05)
02. We Kiss In A Shadow (8:18)
03. Chi-town (aka Gem) (2:17)
04. We Kiss In A Shadow (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (5:05)
05. Sweet And Lovely (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (4:00)
06. The Party's Over (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (4:00)
07. Love For Sale (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (4:03)
08. Snowfall (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (2:30)
09. Broadway (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (7:42)
10. Willow Weep For Me (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (3:59)
11. Autumn Leaves (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (3:52)
12. Isn't It Romantic (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (4:28)
13. The Breeze And I (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (2:23)

CD 07

01. Time On My Hands (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (6:20)
02. Angel Eyes (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (4:16)
03. You Go To My Head (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (11:03)
04. Star Eyes (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (5:57)
05. All Of You (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (5:02)
06. You're Blase (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (3:30)
07. What Is This Thing Called Love (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (6:15)
08. Poinciana (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (9:35)
09. We Kiss In A Shadow (Alternate Version / Live At The Alhambra) (5:08)
10. Stella By Starlight (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (5:34)
11. The Lady Is A Tramp (Live At The Alhambra/1961) (3:09)

CD 08

01. I'll Take Romance / My Funny Valentine (Live At The Blackhawk, San Francisco/1961) (6:12)
02. Like Someone In Love (Live At The Blackhawk, San Francisco/1961) (5:15)
03. Falling In Love With Love (Live At The Blackhawk, San Francisco/1961) (4:21)
04. The Best Thing For You (Live At The Blackhawk, San 05. April In Paris (Live At The Blackhawk, San Francisco/1961) (6:16)
06. Second Time Around (Live At The Blackhawk, San Francisco/1961) (4:13)
07. We Live In Two Different Worlds (Live At The Blackhawk, San Francisco/1961) (5:09)
08. Night Mist Blues (Live At The Blackhawk, San Francisco/1961) (7:05)
09. Darn That Dream (Live At The Blackhawk, San Francisco/1961) (4:33)
10. On Green Dolphin Street (Live at the Blackhawk) (4:03)

CD 09

01. Like Someone In Love (Alternate Version / Live At The Blackhawk) (6:53)
02. Second Time Around (Alternate Version / Live At The Blackhawk) (5:32)
03. Angel Eyes (Live At The Blackhawk) (6:51)
04. Alone Together / Love Walked In (Live At The Blackhawk) (6:42)
05. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Live At The Blackhawk) (3:37)
06. I'm Old Fashioned (Live At The Blackhawk) (3:52)
07. We Kiss In A Shadow (Live At The Blackhawk) (10:32)
08. Second Time Around (Alternate Version 2 / Live At Blackhawk) (4:51)
09. Like Someone In Love (Alternate Version 2 / Live At The Blackhawk) (7:27)

Personnel

Ahmad Jamal: piano
Vernel Fournier: drums
Israel Crosby: bass
Walter Perkins: drums
Joe Kennedy: violin
Ray Crawford: guitar

A jazz box set to die for. Renowned for being laconic (and sometimes brutally so) Miles Davis was rarely effusive when evaluating the talent of other musicians. When it came to Ahmad Jamal, however – the innovative Pittsburgh pianist who popularised the jazz trio and changed his name from Fritz Jones when he converted to Islam in 1952 – the trumpeter often waxed lyrical. In his 1989 autobiography, Davis wrote: “He knocked me out with his concept of space, his lightness of touch, his understatement, and the way he phrased notes and chords and passages.” Davis also readily acknowledged Jamal’s influence on his own evolution as a musician, especially in regard to his minimalism and spatial awareness.

This magnificent new limited edition box set focuses on the Jamal trio’s most fertile years (1956-62) when they recorded for Chess’s jazz imprint, Argo. Spread across nine discs, there are 12 complete albums – including the classic live set, At The Pershing – and producer Michael Cuscuna has also liberated 23 previously unheard tracks from the vaults, which certainly adds to this set’s allure and desirability. As jazz connoisseurs have come to expect from Mosaic, the presentation, remastering and accompanying annotation (the sleevenotes contain a long and revealing interview with Jamal himself, who gave his blessing to the project) is unimpeachable. Jazz heaven.