Ahmad Jamal on tour in Europe 2011

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MARCH/APRIL 2011
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Dear Friends,

I am writing regarding an icon of American music, jazz pianist AHMAD JAMAL who is touring in support of his new recording “A Quiet Time” (Dreyfus Records), which has reached #1 on the jazz week radio chart.

AHMAD JAMAL is a NEA Jazz Master and recently received the Gran Prix award in France for his recording “It’s Magic”.  He ranks as one of the most influential and popular artists in the history of jazz music and is one of the few jazz artists to ever sell over 1 million copies of an individual recording with But Not For Me (Chess Records), featuring the hit single “Poinciana”, which remained on the charts for an unprecedented 108 weeks.

“No musician has had a more profound effect on the orchestral approach to small groups in the last 35 years than Ahmad Jamal…He showed people how to italicize and magnify elements of music that were taken for granted, how to organize the sound of a group around the drums and how to interchange the riff with the ostinato or the vamp…He is a virtuoso, but his innovations are found in his arrangements”. - The Village Voice.

A recent article by The Associated Press titled “Jazz legend reaches new creative peak at age 80” chronicles AHMAD JAMAL’S continued artistic vibrancy and influence.  A link is below.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101013/ap_en_ot/us_music_ahmad_jamal

Backline needs: 1 acoustic grand Steinway D concert piano, 1 acoustic bass fiddle, 1 bass amp, 1 set of percussion, 1 jazz drum kit.

Call, fax or email our office for dates today.

Best regards,
Maurice Orlando Montoya

Maurice Montoya Music Agency
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