This is FRESH AIR. Pianist Ahmad Jamal died on April 16 at age 92. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, broke through with his small-group music in Chicago in the 1950s and recorded scores of records ...

Ahmad Jamal released a flurry of albums between 1958 and 1970, many of them recorded on location. These 20-plus records do nothing to tarnish Jamal and his ensembles’ reputation as among the most ...

Jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal performs at the Louisiana Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans in 2011. (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press) Ahmad Jamal, a pianist, composer and arranger whose innovative ...

Ahmad Jamal, one of the most elegant, eloquent and influential pianists and composers in modern jazz, died on Sunday, his wife, Laura Hess-Hey, and his daughter, Sumayah Jamal, told the Washington Pst ...

The post Ahmad Jamal, An Architect of Modern Jazz, Dead at 92 appeared first on Consequence. Ahmad Jamal, the influential jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, has died at the age of 92 following ...

Jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal died Sunday, April 16, as confirmed by his wife Laura Hess-Hey. His minimal playing style — a tether between the era of hard bop and cool jazz — was massively influential. The ...