Product Description
RELEASE DATE: 24TH APRIL 2026
At the Jazz Showcase is the first ever release of piano legend Ahmad Jamal‘s trio featuring bassist John Heard and longtime drummer Frank Gant captured live at Joe Segal‘s Jazz Showcase in Chicago, IL on March 20-21, 1976. The limited-edition 180-gram 2-LP (and 2-CD) set was mastered from the original tapes by engineer Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab in Salina, KS, and pressed at Quebec’s boutique audiophile pressing plant Le Vinylist. The deluxe package includes newly curated liner notes by Jamal scholar Eugene Holley, Jr., plus interviews with piano great Fred Hersch, Joe Segal’s son Wayne Segal and more. Includes a 14-page CD booklet with over 100 minutes of music.
2CD Tracklist:
1. Ahmad’s Song
2. Wave
3. Have You Met Miss Jones
4. Theme from M*A*S*H
Disc 2
1. Dolphin Dance
2. Prelude To A Kiss
3. A Time For Love
4. Swahililand
5. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Recorded live on March 20-21, 1976, at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, IL
Personnel:
Ahmad Jamal – piano
John Heard – bass
Frank Gant – drums
