Q for the 90s heads (Ahmad Jamal-R)
mannybolone
Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
I've been revisiting Jamal's "The Awakening" a lot lately - just seem to be in the mood for some melancholy piano - and of course, it's hard to listen without thinking, "oh yeah [fill in the blank] used that part" (with this album in particular, the game never stops). I'm wondering if anyone like Phil, Kon, Amir, etc. has a sense of who "discovered" this LP first and how its awareness spread through the producer community? I'm also curious if there were ever debates around, "shit, you used "Awakening"...AGAIN?" (same question goes for Jack Bruce's LP) or if it was generally cool for people to fuck with "The Awakening" so long as they were finding a new part to loop?
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there was a cd reissue of the record in the early 90's and that is when i became aware of it.
that is one record i have never tired of.
The Impulse release that immediately preceded it--Poinciana Revisited--is also excellent.
Cosign.
i think that exact thing every time i listen to that track.
On his 80th birthday, no less~!!!
it survived a recent purge
excellent record
Plus the title track.
serious cosign! never get tired of listning to that.
There's another big tune from that period that flips it as well. I was listening to it just the other night, but I can't for the life of me remember what it is now. It might be a Primo production, but I'm not certain.
Yeah, this is the one I meant - good looks, Rey.