AHMAD JAMAL

http://www.ahmadjamal.net/
Wikipedia


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Ahmad Jamal has been around for a while and I'm a little ashamed to admit I'm just learning about him. American jazz pianist, he was one of Miles Davis' favorite pianists. That's all I'm going to write. Check out the links and check out the videos below.

Ahmad Jamal 2005 - Where Are You
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BRIAN SIMPSON

http://www.bsimpsonmusic.com/


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Brian Simpson, pianist, has played for greats like Janet Jackson and Dave Koz. His solo career was launced with the CD All Is Good released in 2006. There is an excellent review on Brian Simpson at http://www.jazzmonthly.com.

Check him out playing It's All Good that was number 1 in the U.S. for a month.

OSCAR PETERSON

http://oscarpeterson.com
Wikipedia

(August 15, 1925 - December 23, 2007)


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Oscar Peterson, winner of seven Grammy awards, is another from the era of what I call old jazz or classic jazz. He is another musician I am familiar with because my father used to listen to him. I don't have a lot of info to pass along that you can read on the website links above. Just passing along the name and some music to listen to starting with a clip from a documentary.

HERBIE HANCOCK

Herbie Hancock is a pianist/composer and both a Grammy and Oscar winner. Everyone should know who this man is and if you don't you will most likely know his music even if you don't know it's his name on it because his hits cross over into R&B and he's scored several movies. I'll be sharing a few clips on Herbie Hancock simply because there are so many to choose from and it'll be fun to take you back a little bit.

If you're anywhere near my age (and I'm not telling LOL!), you'll recognize the tune in the clip below "Rockit" from the album Future Shock. When this came out it was new and creative and the video was unlike anything we'd seen before and to me is a perfect example of how innovative his music can be.







You might also get a kick out of this clip of the recording a song for his Possibilities CD with Christina Aguilera.