ピッツバーグ出身の黒人ジャズピアニスト、アーマッド・ジャマル（1930年7月2日生まれ）。あのマイルス・デイヴィスが惚れ込んで自らのクインテットのピアニストとして誘ったが、袖にしたという逸話がある。ブルースの街・シカゴの代表的なジャズ・ピアニストである。
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As leader
- 1955: Ahmad Jamal Plays (Parrot) – also released as Chamber Music of the New Jazz (Argo)
- 1955: The Ahmad Jamal Trio (Epic)
- 1956: Count ‘Em 88 (Arco)
- 1958: At the Pershing: But Not for Me (Argo)
- 1958: Ahmad Jamal Trio Volume IV (Argo)
- 1958: Portfolio of Ahmad Jamal (Argo)
- 1959: The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal (Epic)
- 1959: Jamal at the Penthouse (Argo)
- 1960: Happy Moods (Argo)
- 1960: Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet (Argo)
- 1961: All of You (Argo)
- 1961: Ahmad Jamal’s Alhambra (Argo)
- 1962: Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk (Argo)
- 1962: Macanudo (Argo)
- 1963: Poinciana (Argo)
- 1964: Naked City Theme (Argo)
- 1965: The Roar of the Greasepaint (Argo)
- 1965: Extensions (Argo)
- 1966: Rhapsody (Cadet)
- 1966: Heat Wave (Cadet)
- 1967: Cry Young (Cadet)
- 1968: The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful (Cadet)
- 1968: Tranquility (ABC)
- 1968: Ahmad Jamal at the Top: Poinciana Revisited (Impulse!)
- 1970: The Awakening (Impulse!)
- 1971: Freeflight (Impulse!)
- 1972: Outertimeinnerspace (Impulse!)
- 1973: Ahmad Jamal ’73 (20th Century)
- 1974: Jamalca (20th Century)
- 1974: Jamal Plays Jamal (20th Century)
- 1975: Genetic Walk (20th Century)
- 1976: Steppin’ Out with a Dream (20th Century)
- 1976: Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry’s (Catalyst)
- 1978: One (20th Century)
- 1979: Intervals (20th Century)
- 1980: Live at Bubba’s (Digital Master)
- 1980: Night Song (Motown)
- 1981: Ahmad Jamal & Gary Burton In Concert
- 1982: Goodbye Mr. Evans (Shubra)
- 1985: Digital Works (Atlantic)
- 1985: Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 1985 (Atlantic)
- 1986: Rossiter Road (Atlantic)
- 1987: Crystal (Atlantic)
- 1989: Pittsburgh (Atlantic)
- 1992: Live in Paris 1992 (Birdology)
- 1993: Chicago Revisited (Telarc)
- 1994: I Remember Duke, Hoagy & Strayhorn (Telarc)
- 1994: Ahmad Jamal with The Assai Quartet (Roesch)
- 1994: Ahmad Jamal at Home (Roesch)
- 1995: The Essence Part One (Birdology)
- 1995: Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 (Birdology)
- 1996: Ahmad Jamal a Paris (Birdology)
- 1997: Nature: The Essence Part Three (Birdology)
- 2000: Picture Perfect
- 2001: Ahmad Jamal à l’Olympia
- 2003: In Search of Momentum
- 2005: After Fajr
- 2008: It’s Magic
- 2008: Poinciana – One Night Only
- 2009: A Quiet Time
- 2012: Blue Moon (Jazzbook Records )
- 2013: Saturday Morning
As sideman
With Ray Brown
- Some of My Best Friends Are…The Piano Players (Telarc, 1994)
With Shirley Horn
- May the Music Never End (Verve, 2003)
Compilations
- 1967: Standard Eyes (Cadet)
- 1972: Inspiration (Cadet)
- 1974: Re-evaluations: The Impulse! Years (Impulse!)
- 1980: The Best of Ahmad Jamal
- 1998: Ahmad Jamal 1956–66 Recordings
- 1998: Cross Country Tour 1958–1961
- 2005: The Legendary Okeh & Epic Recordings (1951–1955) (Columbia Legacy)
- 2007: Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958 (Gambit)
- 2007: Complete Live at the Spotlight Club 1958 (Gambit)
