Ahmad Jamal at the Top: Poinciana Revisited

Ahmad Jamal at the Top: Poinciana Revisited
Live album by Ahmad Jamal
Released	1969
Recorded	1968
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:04
Label	Impulse! AS 9176
Producer	Ahmad Jamal, Johnny Pate
Ahmad Jamal chronology
Tranquility (1968) Ahmad Jamal at the Top: Poinciana Revisited (1968) The Awakening (1970)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Ahmad Jamal at the Top: Poinciana Revisited is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded at The Village Gate in 1968 and released on the Impulse! label.^[3]

Reception

Thom Jurek of Allmusic states the album "reveals Jamal playing in a more driving, percussive style, though he keeps his utterly elegant chord voicings intact".^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Ahmad Jamal except as indicated

1. "Have You Met Miss Jones" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:47
2. "Poinciana" (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) - 9:19
3. "Lament" - 8:05
4. "Call Me" (Tony Hatch) - 4:51
5. "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" (André Previn, Dory Previn) - 4:23
6. "Frank's Tune" (Frank Strozier) - 5:50
7. "How Insensitive" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) - 5:52

Personnel

• Ahmad Jamal - piano
• Jamil Sulieman - bass
• Frank Gant - drums

References

1. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed May 18, 2012
2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 111. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Impulse! Records discography accessed May 18, 2012