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Jamil Sulieman Nasser

Jamil Nasser (George Joyner) was born in Memphis, Tennessee on June 21, 1932. He attended Booker T Washington along with Louis Smith and Phineas Newborn.

He began playing the bass 1949, he was selected to play bass with the school dance band after an impromptu audition. The Director was Phineas Newborn Jr. Jamil and Phineas recorded in Memphis in 1953 for Peacock Records. They were both drafted in to the Armed Forces in the Special Services Unit. Other members included, Wynton Kelly, Duke Pearson, and Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock from Star Trek).

Upon being released in 1955, Jamil joined BB Kings band, and played the Electric Bass(a newly created instrument at that time) Phineas asked Jamil to join him in New York for his debut at the Basin Street East in 1956. They were well received by the musicians and the Jazz fans in New York. The trio was invited on the Birdland tour in 1957.

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Ahmad Jamal: Live in Paris (1971)

Read "Live in Paris (1971)" reviewed by Joshua Weiner


The pianist Ahmad Jamal, who passed away in 2023 at the age of 92, needs no introduction. Suffice it to say that this NEA Jazz Master and Lifetime Grammy Award recipient was one of the most popular pianists, small group leaders and hit recording artists of his time. One might be forgiven for thinking everything was known about Jamal, given his extensive discography. Happily, however, Transversales Disques continues its excellent series of “Lost ORTF Recordings" with this release, recorded live ...

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Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights: Live at The Penthouse, 1966-1968

Read "Emerald City Nights: Live at The Penthouse, 1966-1968" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


It was a time of warring nations, either within themselves or without. John Coltrane had fallen as Miles Davis was firing up the jazz/funk. It was a time of young men screaming, their bodies on fire. Black and white images of villages savaged and children starving. Into these unrivaled moments--they had just taken down a holy man in Memphis a month before--Ahmad Jamal, his uncluttered allegiance to cool, underscored syncopation, and profound ease and understanding of Erroll Garner's ...

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Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights - Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966

Read "Emerald City Nights - Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Secondo volume, anche questo doppio (minutaggio, in realtà, di un singolo lungo: 78:30), della saga jamaliana: dopo gli anni 1963-1964, si attraversa qui il biennio successivo, per l'esattezza il 18 e 25 marzo (con Chuck Lampkin alla batteria) e il 28 ottobre (con Vernel Fournier al suo posto) 1965, e il 22 settembre dell'anno seguente (con Frank Grant dietro i tamburi), sempre in concerto al Penthouse di Seattle. Nessuno dei nove brani qui presenti figurava nel precedente ...

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Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse

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Come cadeau da far(si) in prospettiva più o meno natalizia, la Jazz Detective—nuova etichetta del produttore Zev Feldman, sempre attivissimo nel riesumare registrazioni inedite (come qui) o comunque rare—recupera una serie di live sessions dei trii che Ahmad Jamal diresse attorno alla metà degli anni Sessanta e raccoglie il tutto in due doppi CD (o doppi LP) del cui primo ci occupiamo oggi, e del successivo a breve (ottimi i riversamenti, generosi i libretti di accompagnamento, con foto rare, note ...

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Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse

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2022 marks the ninety-second year of pianist and composer Ahmad Jamal. An NEA Jazz Master and Grammy winner, in 2007 he was designated a Kennedy Center honoree as a Living Jazz Legend. His first release was The Three Strings (Epic, 1951) and, throughout that decade, he recorded a dozen albums, all in a piano trio format. Of Jamal's approximately seventy recordings, he has employed orchestras, choirs, and larger ensembles but his catalog includes dozens of trio releases. His groundbreaking At ...

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Phineas Newborn Jr. and Miles Davis

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To commemorate the 600th full episode of Neon Jazz outta Kansas City, we focus on the life of Memphis-born bass cat Jamil Nasser. His son, Muneer, penned his biography and it's called Upright Bass: The Musical Life & Legacy of Jamil Nasser. George Joyner, Jamil Sulieman, and Jamil Nasser are three names that appear on the records of Phineas Newborn, Lou Donaldson, Red Garland, and Ahmad Jamal. These names identify one jazz bassist, composer, and jazz advocate, who made an ...

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Obituary

Correspondence: Jamil Nasser's Memorial

Correspondence: Jamil Nasser's Memorial

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey

There was a memorial service Sunday night in New York for the bassist Jamil Nasser, who died last month. Among those in attendance was pianist, composer and writer Jill McManus, who sent Rifftides a report.

There was a sizable crowd at Saint Peter's Church in Manhattan on the evening of March 21st to honor and remember bassist Jamil Nasser, who died on February 13th. His strong, resounding bass playing was held in high regard. Nasser cut a wide swath through ...

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Jamil Nasser's 77th Birthday Party Bash

Jamil Nasser's 77th Birthday Party Bash

Source: Michael Ricci


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Jazz Detective
2023

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Jazz Detective
2022

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Jazz Detective
2022

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Live in Paris (1971)

Transversales Disques
2022

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