{"id":41490,"date":"2019-09-09T13:06:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T11:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/world-renowned-pianist-ahmad-jamal-to-release-new-album\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:34:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:34:26","slug":"ahmad-jamal-ballades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/ahmad-jamal-ballades\/","title":{"rendered":"World-renowned pianist Ahmad Jamal to release new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28822 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ahmad-jamal.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ahmad-jamal.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ahmad-jamal-465x261.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ahmad-jamal-375x211.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><em>Ballades\u00a0<\/em>is coming out this week.<\/h4>\n<p>A new album of the legendary pianist and composer Ahmad Jamal is still a highly anticipated event. Yet when it&#8217;s\u00a0a solo piano album, something Jamal has never done before.\u00a0Featuring three original compositions alongside three duets with long-time collaborator the bassist James Cammack,\u00a0<em>Ballades<\/em>\u00a0also includes also\u00a0a\u00a0solo version of\u00a0<em>\u201cPoinciana\u201d<\/em>, recorded between takes during\u00a0the\u00a0session for\u00a0<em>Marseille.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SiARr9JhLEo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jamal&#8217;s new album\u00a0is a French-inspired love letter to his past, the legend said. With over\u00a0a career that stretches seven decades, the pianist continues to\u00a0deeply mark his time.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad Jamal\u2019s\u00a0<em>Ballades<\/em>\u00a0will be released on 13th September on 2xLP via Jazz Village Records. Check out the artwork and tracklist below.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28823\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ahmad-Jamal-ballades-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmad Jamal ballades cover\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ahmad-Jamal-ballades-cover.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ahmad-Jamal-ballades-cover-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ahmad-Jamal-ballades-cover-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ahmad-Jamal-ballades-cover-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ahmad-Jamal-ballades-cover-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ahmad-Jamal-ballades-cover-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ahmad-Jamal-ballades-cover-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tracklist:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Marseille<br \/>\n2. Because I Love You<br \/>\n3. I Should Care<br \/>\n4. Poinciana<br \/>\n5. Land of dreams<br \/>\n6. What s New<br \/>\n7. So Rare<br \/>\n8. Whisperings<br \/>\n9. Spring Is Here<br \/>\n10. Emily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ballades\u00a0is coming out this week. A new album of the legendary pianist and composer Ahmad Jamal is still a highly anticipated event. Yet when it&#8217;s\u00a0a solo piano album, something Jamal has never done before.\u00a0Featuring three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":28822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[4119],"location":[7976],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41490"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=41490"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=41490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}