Poinciana (Ahmad Jamal album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Poinciana
| type = Compilation album
| artist = Ahmad Jamal
| cover = c51080c22t6.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1963
| recorded = 1958
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 33:57
| label = Argo
| producer =
| chronology = Ahmad Jamal
| prev_title = Macanudo
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = Naked City Theme
| next_year = 1964
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Record Mirror
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |date=26 September 1964 |title=Ahmad Jamal: Poinciana |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/64/Record-Mirror-1964-09-26-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=Record Mirror |issue=185 |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225243/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/64/Record-Mirror-1964-09-26-S-OCR.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=15 August 2022}}
}}
Poinciana is a compilation album by jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, mainly recorded at the Spotlite Club in Washington, DC in 1958. Most tracks originally appeared on the 1959 LP Portfolio of Ahmad Jamal. The title song is the 45 rpm edit of the performance released on the At the Pershing: But Not for Me LP.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r607137|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
Track listing
- "Poinciana" (Nat Simon, Buddy Bernier) – 2:58
- "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) – 4:21
- "A Gal in Calico" (Arthur Schwartz, Leo Robin) – 4:45
- "Ivy" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:45
- "Tater Pie" (Ashby) – 2:56
- "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) – 7:34
- "This Can't Be Love" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:48
- "Old Devil Moon" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane) – 3:50
Personnel
- Ahmad Jamal – piano
- Israel Crosby – bass
- Vernel Fournier – drums
References
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External links
- [http://www.jazz.com/jazz-blog/2008/1/16/ahmad-jamal-s-poinciana-turns-50-today "Ahmad Jamal's Recording of 'Poinciana' Turns Fifty"] by Ted Gioia ([http://www.jazz.com www.jazz.com])
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