JAMAL AHMAD/AT THE PERSHING VOL 2

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EU-ONLY 180 GM VINYL LP PRESSING INCLUDING BONUS TRACK PLUS DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. ALTHOUGH THEY WERE NOT AHMAD JAMALS FIRST RECORDINGSTHE 1958 PERSHING AND SPOTLITE PERFORMANCES MARKED THE BEGINNING OF HIS SUCCESS. THE ORIGINAL ALBUM BUT NOT FOR METAPED AT THE PERSHING LOUNGE IN CHICAGO ON JANUARY 16 171958INCLUDED EIGHT OF THE 43 TUNES PLAYED BY THE TRIOWHICH WERE CAREFULLY SELECTED BY THE PIANIST HIMSELF. TWO YEARS LATERTHE ALBUMS SUCCESS TEMPTED THE ORIGINAL PRODUCERS TO RELEASE ELEVEN MORE TUNESWHICH CONSTITUTED THE VOL. 2 REISSUED HERE AND WERE AGAIN SELECTED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF JAMALS ATTENTIVE EARS. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE UNUSED MATERIAL WAS PUT ASIDE AND SUBSEQUENTLY LOST.