My late friend and mentor, the Journal’s own Nat Hentoff, once made the mistake of dismissing Ahmad Jamal—and in the middle of an interview with Miles Davis no less—as “mainly a cocktail pianist.” ...

The pianist, 92, has been hesitant to glance back: “I’m still evolving, whenever I sit down at the piano.” By Giovanni Russonello The first time Ahmad Jamal put out a live recording with his trio, it ...

What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.

Celebrated jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal provides a stunning retrospective of sorts of his illustrious and influential career in this pitchperfect performance at the 2003 Baalbeck Music Festival Jamal ...

At age 75, Jamal is still a powerful creative force in jazz and one of the most exciting keyboard artists alive, producing some of the most fiery and enigmatic albums of his career. The New York Times ...

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 ...

During the politically and culturally turbulent late 1960s and '70s, many jazz musicians attempted to appeal to a younger and more diverse audience that grew up listening to artists such as James ...

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 ...