Ahmad Jamal obituary | Ahmad Jamal

Jamal at the Louisiana jazz and heritage festival in New Orleans, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Dapper and sagacious, Ahmad Jamal may have looked more like a UN delegate than a jazz musician, but he was recognised as a truly great jazz artist by some of the music’s most notable pioneers. […]

Ahmad Jamal, influential pianist and composer, has died

Ahmad Jamal, influential pianist and composer, has died

Ahmad Jamal, a pianist, composer and arranger whose innovative, chamber jazz style had a powerful impact on his contemporaries while gaining widespread popularity via such recordings as his bestselling interpretation of “Poinciana,” has died, according […]

Ahmad Jamal, measured maestro of the jazz piano, dies at 92 : NPR

Ahmad Jamal, measured maestro of the jazz piano, dies at 92 : NPR

Ahmad Jamal, pictured in 2016. Rémy Gabalda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Rémy Gabalda/AFP via Getty Images Ahmad Jamal, pictured in 2016. Rémy Gabalda/AFP via Getty Images For most jazz performers, a song […]