Ahmad Jamal, After Fajr - 59m 3s

Tracks & Durations

1. I'm Old Fashioned	6:00
2. After Fajr	6:55
3. Milan	4:31
4. Yours Is My Heart Alone	5:27
5. Swahililand	7:25
6. My Heart Stood Still	4:40
7. Time On My Hands	7:27
8. Topsy Turvy	9:26
9. Manhattan Reflections	7:05

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Review

As one of the leading pianists, arrangers and composers on the cutting edge of "American Classical Music" today and after 53 years in the recording industry, Ahmad Jamal continues to stake out provocative new territory on AFTER FAJR. Recorded in a "live" setting at the Centre des Arts in Enghien-les-Bains, France, at the Enghien Jazz Festival with long-time collaborators James Cammack on acoustic bass and Idris Muhammad on drums, Jamal explores the impressive bond between his religious beliefs (in the Islamic faith, `Fajr' is the obligatory salah before sunrise—the first of five prayers a day for a Muslim), his musical essences - jazz and classical music - and the understated approach to the piano.

As it is with any musician that has developed a major following among the general public, Ahmad Jamal continues to offer an uncompromising approach to his music with tasteful chord voicings, complex rhythmic tools, and with this recording - impressive vocal arrangements. His choice of repertoire continues to make him one of the most revered pianists on the international music scene.

Produced by Ahmad Jamal with Jean-François Deiber for Birdology Records, AFTER FAJR contains ten excellent compositions that attest to Jamal's innovative multi-dimensional talents and his preference for the term American Classical Music. "I don't call myself a jazz musician. I've studied too long for that. I consider my music to be American Classical Music. In fact, I personally coined that phrase because the term "jazz" ill-defines what we're doing. In order to do what we're doing, you must know Mozart, Duke Ellington, Franz Liszt, Beethoven, Count Basie, and Art Tatum. We're not one-dimensional musicians and that is the challenging thing about American Classical Music and what they refer to as jazz," explains Jamal.

Now, well into the 21st Century, Ahmad Jamal's award-winning musical roots continue to spread deeper across the oceans. The NEA Jazz Master and Duke Ellington Fellow is still swinging while retaining the most subdued dynamic level with his long-admired rhythm section of James Cammack and Idris Muhammad. With AFTER FAJR, a new generation of fans can now witness the substantive importance of this musical genius who is better than ever and shows no signs of slowing down.

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