Boxed set collects Ahmad Jamal's most influential work

So much of the language created by the Ahmad Jamal Trio in the 1950s has entered the DNA of jazz that it's fascinating to remember that when the music was new many critics and musicians considered Jamal little more than an inspired cocktail pianist. Miles Davis helped turned the tide, heaping praise on Jamal in print -- "all my inspiration today comes from Ahmad Jamal" -- and proving his point by borrowing a gaggle of Jamal's arrangements and musical devices, not least of which was his...

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