Complete Live at the Spotlite Club 1958

~ Release by Ahmad Jamal Trio (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1CD
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1Ahmad’s Blues
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live recording of:
Ahmad’s Blues (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
composer:
Ahmad Jamal
4:04
2It Could Happen to You
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
It Could Happen to You (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Sony/ATV Harmony and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
sub-publisher:
Gehrmans Musikförlag, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
4:17
3I Wish I Knew
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
I Wish I Knew (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
3:45
4Autumn Leaves
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental recording of:
Autumn Leaves (jazz standard, english lyrics) (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist:
Jacques Prévert (in 1945)
composer:
Joseph Kosma (composer) (in 1945)
translator:
Johnny Mercer (in 1947)
publisher:
Ardmore Music Corp., Enoch & Cie., Morley Music Corp. and MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company)
translated version of:
Les Feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves)
7:40
5Stompin’ at the Savoy
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Stompin’ at the Savoy (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader), Edgar Sampson and Chick Webb
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog (ASCAP), Ragbag Music (ASCAP), Razaf Music, Rytvoc (ASCAP), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
4:15
6Cheek to Cheek
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Cheek to Cheek (from “Top Hat”) (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
publisher:
Irving Berlin (England) Music Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1935 nominee)
part of:
Top Hat (1935 film)
4:47
7The Girl Next Door
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
The Boy Next Door (from “Meet Me in St. Louis”) (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
writer:
Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
publisher:
Bill-Bob Publ. Company, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Harms, Inc., Leo Feist, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
3:27
8Secret Love
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Secret Love (song from “Calamity Jane”) (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
Chappell, Remick Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell North America and Warner Chappell North America Ltd.
sub-publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
part of:
The 26th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1953 winner)
part of:
Calamity Jane (stage musical)
3:52
9Squatty Roo
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Squatty Roo (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
composer:
Johnny Hodges
2:19
10Taboo
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Taboo (1961 English lyrics version of Tabú) (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Margarita Lecuona (Cuban composer)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
translated version of:
Tabú (original 1934 spanish lyrics)
4:01
11Autumn in New York
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Autumn in New York (1934) (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist and composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
3:18
12A Gal in Calico
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
A Gal in Calico (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
part of:
The 20th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
4:44
13That’s All
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
That’s All (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist:
Alan Brandt
composer:
Alan Brandt and Bob Haymes
publisher:
Mixed Bag Music Inc. and Travis Music
2:39
14Should I?
recording engineer:
Malcolm Chisholm (on 1958-09-06)
executive producer:
Dave Grusin (American pianist and score composer) and Larry Rosen
producer:
Orrin Keepnews and Dave Usher
double bass:
Israel Crosby (on 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06) and Vernel Fournier (on 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (in 1958-09, from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06, on 1958-09-06)
washtub bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (in 1958-09, on 1958-09-06) and Spotlight Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Should I (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp.
3:42
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1Seleritus
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live recording of:
Seleritus (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
composer:
Ahmad Jamal
3:13
2Let’s Fall in Love
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Let’s Fall in Love (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
5:09
3This Can’t Be Love
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
This Can’t Be Love (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
5:12
4Ole Devil Moon
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Old Devil Moon (from “Finian’s Rainbow”) (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Burton Lane
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK) and Victoria Music Ltd.
adaptations:
Old Devil Moon / Stari vražji mesec
part of:
Finian’s Rainbow (1947 Broadway musical)
3:57
5Ivy
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Ivy (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist and composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
3:09
6Tater Pie
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Tater Pie (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Ashby
3:07
7Aki and Ukthay (Brother and Sister)
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live recording of:
Aki and Ukthay (Brother and Sister) (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
composer:
Ahmad Jamal
3:17
8You Don’t Know What Love Is
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
You Don’t Know What Love Is (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist and composer:
Gene de Paul and Don Raye
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
3:30
9I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (Pal Joey) (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1939)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1939)
publisher:
Lorenz Hart Publishing Co. and Williamson Music Company
part of:
Pal Joey
4:36
10So Beats My Heart for You
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
So Beats My Heart for You (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
writer:
Pat Ballard, Charles Henderson and Tom Waring
3:42
11Our Delight
double bass:
Israel Crosby (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
recorded at:
Spotlite Club in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
live cover recording of:
Our Delight (from 1958-09-05 until 1958-09-06)
composer:
Tadd Dameron
3:01
12Soft Winds (studio)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1958)
double bass:
Israel Crosby (in 1958)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (in 1958)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (in 1958)
instrumental cover recording of:
Soft Winds (also attributed to Fletcher Henderson) (in 1958)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
publisher:
Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Twenty-Eighth Street Music
3:22
13Secret Love (studio)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1958)
double bass:
Israel Crosby (in 1958)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (in 1958)
piano:
Ahmad Jamal (in 1958)
instrumental cover recording of:
Secret Love (song from “Calamity Jane”) (in 1958)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
Chappell, Remick Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell North America and Warner Chappell North America Ltd.
sub-publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
part of:
The 26th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1953 winner)
part of:
Calamity Jane (stage musical)
2:50
14Taking a Chance on Love (studio)1:52