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When we started 32 Bar Blues back in 2012, Ahmad Jamal was our first featured musician. It was deeply intentional. Pianist, composer, orchestrator and educator, he is lauded as one of the most influential musicians and bandleaders of all time. Miles Davis once said of Jamal, “He knocked me out with his concept of space, his lightness of touch, his understatement and the way he phrased notes and chords and passages. All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.” As part of the Peabody Awar...
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- 32 Bar Blues
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