Ahmad Jamal at the Top: Poinciana Revisited

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]

Ahmad Jamal at the Top: Poinciana Revisited
Live album by
Ahmad Jamal
Released1969
Recorded1968
GenreJazz
Length42:04
LabelImpulse!
AS 9176
ProducerAhmad Jamal, Johnny Pate
Ahmad Jamal chronology
Tranquility
(1968)		 Ahmad Jamal at the Top: Poinciana Revisited
(1969)		 The Awakening
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Critical 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 where noted.

  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

References
  1. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed May 18, 2012
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (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
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