アーマッド・ジャマル (Ahmad Jamal)

Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones on July 2, 1930) is a highly-regarded American jazz pianist.

He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and attended George Westinghouse High School. He began using the name 'Ahmad Jamal' after his conversion to Islam in the early 1950s.

Jamal was one of Miles Davis's favorite pianists and was a key influence on the trumpeter's "First Great Quintet" (featuring John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums). Davis had long admired Jamal's use of space and dynamics.
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