Ahmad Jamal '73

ENNAKKOTILAUS. Ilmestyy 9.10.2026.

The Verve Vault series is all-analog, cut from the original master tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

On Ahmad Jamal ’73, one of jazz’s most acclaimed small-group pianists traded in his most familiar instrument for something with a new spin, recording his first of seven studio works for the 20th Century label from behind the electric piano. Backed by an expanded orchestra arranged and conducted by album co-producer Richard Evans, the ensuing album merges familiar jazz traditions with the sound of a new era, pairing Jamal’s leads with massive string, vocal, and horn arrangements on versions of then-current soul-funk hits (Stevie Wonder’s ”Superstition,” War’s ”The World is a Ghetto”) and spiritual jazz and funk numbers (”Sustah, Sustah,” ”Peace At Last”).

A1 The World Is A Ghetto 9:44
A2 Children Of The Night 5:04
A3 Superstition 4:03
B1 Trilby 4:34
B2 Sustah, Sustah 6:44
B3 Soul Girl 3:25
B4 Peace At Last 6:17