At the Pershing: But Not for Me
At the Pershing: But Not for Me | ||||
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Released | 1958 | |||
Recorded | January 16, 1958 | |||
Venue | Pershing Hotel, Chicago | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Argo LP-628 | |||
Producer | Dave Usher | |||
Ahmad Jamal chronology | ||||
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At the Pershing: But Not for Me is a 1958 jazz album by pianist Ahmad Jamal. According to the album jacket, the tapes were made on January 16, 1958, at the Pershing Lounge of Chicago's Pershing Hotel and each set played that night was recorded, a total of 43 tracks, of which 8 were selected by Jamal for the album.[1] The LP was released as Argo Records LP-628. Jamal's previous releases on Argo had been from previously made masters; this was his first release recorded for Argo, and his first album recorded live.[2]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
The 1958
When Jamal was named one of the National Endowment for the Arts 1994 Masters of Jazz, the album was listed as having sold "more than a million copies."[5]
The album yielded the seven-and-a-half-minute "Poinciana",[1] which was a "massive jazz hit";[6] one of "the best selling albums of the decade, But Not For Me′s success enabled Jamal to open his own club and restaurant, the Alhambra, where his band held residence when not on tour."[6]
Evident were his unusually
On the
Track listing
- "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:32
- "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:35
- "Moonlight in Vermont" (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) – 3:09
- "Music, Music, Music" (Put Another Nickel In) (Bernie Baum, Stephen Weiss) – 2:56
- "No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 3:26
- "Poinciana" (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) – 8:07
- "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 3:40
- "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 4:11
Personnel
- Ahmad Jamal – piano
- bass
- drums
- Malcolm Chisholm – recording engineer
- Dave Usher – producer
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-312-28494-7.
- ^ Cohodas, p. 153.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "New York Beat". Jet. XIV (14): 65. August 7, 1958.
- ^ "McRae And Jamal Named Masters Of Jazz By NEA". Jet. 85 (11): 54. January 17, 1994.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8160-7575-1.
- ^ Morthland, John (November 16, 2010). "One of the landmark albums of the '50s" (review). Emusic.com. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ Spellman, A. B.; Horwitz, Murray (February 2, 2011). "Ahmad Jamal: 'Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing: But Not for Me'". NPR Basic Jazz Record Library. NPR. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
External links
- At the Pershing: But Not for Me at Discogs.com
- "Ahmad Jamal's 'Poinciana' turns 50 today" Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine. Jazz.com. Ted Gioia.
Further reading
- Cook, Richard, and Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. London: Penguin, 2006.
- Yanow, Scott. Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years. San Francisco: Backbeat Books, 2003.