Count 'Em 88

Count 'Em 88
Studio album by Ahmad Jamal
Released 1956
Recorded September 17 and October 4, 1956
Universal Recording, Chicago
Genre Jazz
Length 34:40
Label Argo LP-610
Producer Phil Chess
Ahmad Jamal chronology
The Ahmad Jamal Trio
(1955)
Count 'Em 88
(1956)
At the Pershing: But Not for Me
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Count 'Em 88 is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Argo label.[2]

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states, "The 'Jamal sound,' with its expert use of dynamics, close interplay, space and subtle surprises was very much in place, and this out-of-print set is on the same level as his better-known hits to come".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Ahmad Jamal except as indicated

  1. "Volga Boatmen" (Traditional) - 3:49
  2. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:18
  3. "How About You?" (Burton Lane, Ralph Freed) - 5:26
  4. "I Just Can't See for Looking" (Nadine Robinson, Dok Stanford) - 2:04
  5. "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" (Frank Loesser) - 2:34
  6. "Beat Out One" - 5:24
  7. "Maryam" - 3:36
  8. "It's Easy to Remember" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:35
  9. "Jim Love Sue" - 2:54

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 24, 2012
  2. Ahmad Jamal discography accessed May 24, 2012
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