Count 'Em 88

Count 'Em 88
Studio album by
Ahmad Jamal
Released1956
RecordedSeptember 17 and October 4, 1956
StudiosUniversal, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length34:40
LabelArgo LP-610
ProducerPhil Chess
Ahmad Jamal chronology
The Ahmad Jamal Trio
(1956)		 Count 'Em 88
(1956)		 Ahmad's Blues
(1958)

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

Critical reception

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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."

Track listing

All compositions by Ahmad Jamal unless noted.

  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. ↑ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169.
  2. ↑ Brody, Richard (April 10, 2010). "64 Squares, 88 Keys". The New Yorker.
  3. ↑ Gioia, Ted (May 12, 2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199769155.
  4. ↑ Ahmad Jamal discography Archived 2017-02-21 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 17, 2016
  5. 1 2 Yanow, Scott, Count 'Em 88 Review, AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2012.