JAMAL AHMAD/MACANUDO

Descripción

LIMITED 180GM VINYL LP REPRESSING INCLUDING DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. THE 1959 LP JAMAL AT THE PENTHOUSE MARKED AHMAD JAMALS FIRST RECORDING WITH A LARGE ORCHESTRA INCLUDING STRINGS. IT WAS ACTUALLY A STUDIO DATE MADE BY THE TRIO AT THE NOLA PENBACKED THIS TIME BY AN ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY RICHARD EVANS (AKA RICHARD LEE COWAN EVANS). THE RESULTS WOULD BE RELEASED ON THE ALBUM PRESENTED HEREMACANUDO. NEARLY ALL OF THE BAND MEMBERS ARE UNKNOWN. THE ORIGINAL LINER NOTES SPOKE OF JAZZ GREATS AND CONSERVATORY-TRAINED MUSICIANS FROM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND OTHER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRASBUT THE ONLY CONFIRMED PLAYER APART FROM JAMAL AND CONDUCTOR RICHARD EVANS IS BASSIST ART DAVISLISTED BY THE TOM LORD DISCOGRAPHY BUT NOT MENTIONED ON THE ORIGINAL LPS BACK COVER.