RIP Ahmad Jamal (92), cool jazz pianist/keyboardist

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Ahmad Jamal, the influential jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, passed away at the age of 92 due to prostate cancer. His innovative chamber jazz style significantly impacted the genre and garnered widespread acclaim, particularly for his popular rendition of “Poinciana.” Jamal's artistry inspired many contemporaries, including Miles Davis, who praised his unique approach to music in his autobiography. Jamal's legacy is marked by his ability to blend space and subtlety in his performances, leaving a lasting impression on the jazz community.
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https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2023-04-16/ahmad-jamal-dead-92

Ahmad Jamal, a pianist, composer and arranger whose innovative, chamber jazz style had a powerful impact on his contemporaries while gaining widespread popularity via such recordings as his bestselling interpretation of “Poinciana,” has died, according to the New York Times. He was 92.

Jamal died Sunday of prostate cancer at his home in Ashley Falls, Mass., his daughter, Sumayah Jamal, confirmed to the New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/obituaries/ahmad-jamal-jazz-dead.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/2023/04/16/846207919/ahmad-jamal-obituary

Jamal's influence and admirers spread far and wide in jazz. For instance, Miles Davis found enormous inspiration in his work: In his 1989 autobiography, Miles, the legendary trumpeter said that Jamal "knocked me out with his concept of space, his lightness of touch, his understatement, and the way he phrases notes and chords and passages." Miles went on to record Jamal's "New Rhumba" on his classic 1957 recording Miles Ahead.
 
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