American jazz pianist and composer Ahmad Jamal passed away this Sunday. He is 92 years old from prostate cancer at his home in Ashley Falls, Massachusetts.
Jamal, who started his formal piano training at the age of 7, has won many awards throughout his eighty-year professional career. highlights Grammys for its orbit.
jazz composer Miles DavidS, a trumpet player and conductor, expressed how the pianist had influenced him in these words: “All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal”He collects ‘The New York Times’.
Jamal was born Frederick Russell Jones in Pittsburgh in July 1930. He started playing the piano at the age of three and began his formal training four years later. Pianist who joined the musicians’ union at the age of 14, Art Tatum praised him for having a “great future”.
He directed various trios and quartets in the early and mid-1950s. formed a trio with bassist Israel Crosby and drummer Vernel Fournierwho released ‘At The Pershing: But Not For Me’, one of the most popular and influential recordings in jazz history.
later, in the late sixties, he recorded ‘The Awakening’, critically acclaimed for its originality by jazz standards.
He also composed music for various movies and He founded several record labels.. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he released up to three albums a year and had over 60 performances in his career.