Ahmad Jamal

1930 to 2023
from Pittsburgh

On fono: 28 songs
18 collaborators
11 cited facts
11 sources

The people around them

Who works with them most. Tap a person to see everything they made.

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Who makes their records

People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.

Jean-François Deiber
Produced by
12 songs
Paul Orofino
Mixed by, Engineered by
9 songs
Vincent Mahey
Mixed by, Engineered by
5 songs
Jack Tracy
Produced by
4 songs
Paul Serrano
Engineered by
4 songs
Ron Malo
Engineered by
4 songs
Richard Evans
Produced by, Mixed by
3 songs
Brian Grice
Written by
1 song
Francis Dreyfus
Produced by
1 song
Joe Jorgensen
Mixed by, Engineered by
1 song
Laura Hess‐Hay
Produced by
1 song
Leon Sylvers
Written by
1 song

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Jean-François Deiber produced 6 of Ahmad Jamal’s top 10 songs
Jean-François Deiber is Ahmad Jamal’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 12 songs
Ahmad Jamal recorded most at Millbrook Sound Studios (8 songs)
Credited songs by Ahmad Jamal span 57 years, 1960 to 2017 (28 songs)

Top songs

From Happy Moods
1. 1
  Excerpt From the Blues
  1960
2. 2
  Pavanne
  1960
3. 3
  Rhumba No. 2
  1960
4. 4
  Rain Check
  1960
From In Search of... Momentum
1. 5
  Should I
  2003
2. 6
  Excerpts From I'll Take The 20
  2003
3. 7
  I'll Always Be With You
  2003
4. 8
  In Search Of
  2003
5. 9
  Island Fever
  2003
6. 10
  Where Are You
  2003

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Where the songs were made

Releases

2017
- Marseille
  Album
2008
- It's Magic
  Album
2003
- In Search of... Momentum
  Album
1995
- The Essence, Part 1
  Album
1987
- Crystal
  Album
1974
- Jamal Plays Jamal
  Album
- Jamalca
  Album
1967
- Standard-Eyes
  Album
1960
- Happy Moods
  Album

Member of

Elsewhere

Sources (11)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

1MusicBrainz Ahmad Jamal is a member of Ahmad Jamal’s Three Strings
Ahmad Jamal is a member of Ahmad Jamal’s Three Strings
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2MusicBrainz Ahmad Jamal is a member of Red Garland Trio
Ahmad Jamal is a member of Red Garland Trio
MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Ahmad Jamal is a member of The Ahmad Jamal Quartet
Ahmad Jamal is a member of The Ahmad Jamal Quartet
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MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Ahmad Jamal is a member of The Ahmad Jamal Quintet
Ahmad Jamal is a member of The Ahmad Jamal Quintet
MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Ahmad Jamal is a member of The Ahmad Jamal Trio
Ahmad Jamal is a member of The Ahmad Jamal Trio
MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Ahmad Jamal is from Pittsburgh
Ahmad Jamal is from Pittsburgh
MusicBrainz
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7Wikidata The genre of Ahmad Jamal is cool jazz
The genre of Ahmad Jamal is cool jazz
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8Wikidata The genre of Ahmad Jamal is hard bop
The genre of Ahmad Jamal is hard bop
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9Wikidata The genre of Ahmad Jamal is jazz
The genre of Ahmad Jamal is jazz
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10Wikidata The genre of Ahmad Jamal is modal jazz
The genre of Ahmad Jamal is modal jazz
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11Wikidata The genre of Ahmad Jamal is post-bop
The genre of Ahmad Jamal is post-bop
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