Nature: The Essence, Part 3

by Ahmad Jamal

Overview

Still pursuing his own muse, Jamal is up to his usual tricks with his hypnotic vamps and and feverish runs, as ever refusing to toe the line and sound like everyone else. In this, the third installment of his Essence series, Jamal adds a different twist -- a fine jazz steel drum player named Othello Molineaux -- and he mixes a few transfigured standards ("The End of a Love Affair" is completely re-routed through his nervous system) with pieces of his own. The first version (for quartet) of "If I Find You Again" is a magnificent example of the tension Jamal can generate. "And We Were Lovers" and "Chaperon" are huge, borderline bombastic piano solos that ought to erase any doubts that Jamal continues to command one monster keyboard technique. As in the previous Essence entries, a guest horn player shows up briefly, tenorman Stanley Turrentine in epigrammic form on "Devil's in My Den," and the ultra-responsive rhythm section remains Idris Muhammad (drums) and James Cammack (bass). ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	06/30/1998
Label:	Atlantic
UPC:	0075678311529

Tracks

1. If I Find You Again
2. Like Someone in Love
3. Chaperon
4. Devil's in My Den
5. And We Were Lovers
6. Fantastic Vehicle
7. The End of a Love Affair
8. Cabin in the Sky: Cabin in the Sky/Poor Pierrot/The Reprise
9. If I Find You Again

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ahmad Jamal   Primary Artist,Piano
Stanley Turrentine   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Othello Molineaux   Guest Artist,Drums (Steel)
Idris Muhammad   Guest Artist,Drums
James Cammack   Bass

Technical Credits

Ahmad Jamal   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist
Joe Kennedy, Jr.   Composer
Edward Redding   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Jerry Goldsmith   Composer
Alain Francais   Editing,Mastering Engineer
Gerard De Haro   Engineer
Jean-Francois Deiber   Producer,Release Preparation
Katsuhiko Naito   Mixing,Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Vernon Duke   Composer
Traditional   Composer
John Latouche   Composer
Traditionnel   Composer
Jacques Beneich   Photography
Mathieu Chatagnon   Engineer
Alain Francois   Mastering,Editing
Francoiis Martin Bled   Art Direction,Design
Johnny Burke   Composer