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I still love it. Rock 'N Roll/Rhythm and Blues was all I had heard up to that time so this was a real hit with those of us who were growing up to romance and longer more complex musical offerings. Still sounds great. This was one of the first jazz albums I ever heard.
It's justas good as I rememeber, particularly "Poinciana." Highly recommended for anyone of any age. This is the recording I had on LP 40 or more years ago, but lost along the way.
I have grown numb to so much material surrounding this sound and era, and here proves a rare opposite. 4 1/2For 50's jazz this live album holds up amazingly well, with Jamal's understated pianistic vision and some excellent trio work seeping through nearly all the cracks of good-time veneer.
I didn't even recall hearing it before. It was back in '58 and I was 10 years old. Well, my family played all types of music and one of those types in addition to classical was jazz. Also my CD doesn't skip.
To this day it is one of my favorite albums. I've been an inveterate Jazz Head ever since. I guess my dislike was overcome by sleep or waking or. I was amazed when they told me this but from then on I wore out the record playing it over and over again until it started to skip.
I was a hard case aficionado of Bach, Rachmaninoff and Mozart and I wasn't going for this "travesty" music. I was told that I had heard it many times before but never showed any interest. I was a classical music type and all other music didn't cut it for me. I got up and asked who got the new album.
I was completely overtaken by the music. Jazz or rock'n'roll didn't make it for me. Well, one morning as I awoke Poinciana was playing on the Hi-Fi.
It's just as delightful now as it was then, & I am delighted to have this item back in my collection of music. This CD has one of my favorite pieces from the 1950's, Poinciana.
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