Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's
Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ||||
Live album by Ahmad Jamal | ||||
Released | 1976 | |||
Recorded | August 13, 1976 (1976-08-13) | |||
Venue | Oil Can Harry's, Vancouver | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 47:51 | |||
Label | Catalyst | |||
Producer | Ahmad Jamal | |||
Ahmad Jamal chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's is a live album by US jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, featuring four pieces recorded at Oil Can Harry's (a nightclub in Vancouver) on August 13, 1976. Performing with Jamal are Calvin Keys on guitar, John Heard on double bass, Frank Gant on drums. Additional percussion is by Seldon Newton. Catalyst Records released the album in 1976.
Track listing
No. | Title | Music | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Effendi" | Alfred Tyner | 12:57 |
2. | "Poinciana" | Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon | 10:25 |
3. | "Folklore" | Ahmad Jamal | 12:57 |
4. | "Bellows" | Ahmad Jamal | 11:32 |
Total length: | 47:51 |
Reception
Jazz reviewer/historian Scott Yanow awarded the album four stars. He mentions in his review that the album "gives listeners an excellent example of the playing of pianist Ahmad Jamal in the mid-1970s".[1]
Emmy Award winner Michael K. Leader (now President of Leader Cinema Systems, Inc) was the Recording Engineer of note for the album Ahmad Jamal Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's . According to Leader, Gary Barclay, then the jazz producer for CHQM-FM in Vancouver Canada, was the producer of note for this album, and NOT Ahmad Jamal as listed in the credits.
The Oil Can Harry’s August 8, 1975 performance was recorded live for the 'Saturday All Nite Jazz Show' on CHQM. Under the terms of AFM (American Federation of Musicians of The United States and Canada) Contract NO: C-19029, this is a Radio Broadcast Contract. The use specifically covers a one time broadcast use for which the performers were paid at the broadcast rate. This is NOT a recording contract and does not contain any provisions for a recorded work to be released on the retail market.
Unfortunately, on the CD version of this concert, Jamal’s unaccompanied piano solo on the introduction of “Folklore” has been severely edited. Some existing LP versions include the complete solo, and these are well worth searching for.
References
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Live at Oil Can Harry's § AllMusic Review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
- ^ Swenson, J. (ed.). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. Rolling Stone Press. p. 111. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
External links
- "Ahmad Jamal – Discography". AhmadJamal.com.
- Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's at Discogs (list of releases)
- v
- t
- e
- Ahmad Jamal Plays (1955)
- The Ahmad Jamal Trio (1955)
- Count 'Em 88 (1956)
- The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal (1959)
- Jamal at the Penthouse (1959)
- Happy Moods (1960)
- Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet (1960)
- Macanudo (1962)
- The Roar of the Greasepaint (1965)
- Extensions (1965)
- Rhapsody (1966)
- Heat Wave (1966)
- Cry Young (1967)
- The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful (1968)
- Tranquility (1968)
- The Awakening (1970)
- Ahmad Jamal '73 (1973)
- Jamalca (1974)
- Jamal Plays Jamal (1974)
- Genetic Walk (1975)
- Steppin' Out with a Dream (1976)
- One (1978)
- Intervals (1980)
- Night Song (1980)
- Digital Works (1985)
- Rossiter Road (1986)
- Crystal (1987)
- Pittsburgh (1989)
- I Remember Duke, Hoagy & Strayhorn (1994)
- The Essence Part One (1995)
- Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 (1995)
- Nature: The Essence Part Three (1997)
- Ballades (2019)
- Ahmad Jamal Trio Volume IV (1958)
- At the Pershing: But Not for Me (1958)
- At the Pershing, Vol. 2 (1958)
- Portfolio of Ahmad Jamal (1958)
- Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra (1961)
- All of You (1961)
- Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk (1962)
- Poinciana (1963)
- Naked City Theme (1964)
- Ahmad Jamal at the Top: Poinciana Revisited (1968)
- Freeflight (1971)
- Outertimeinnerspace (1972)
- Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's (1976)
- Live at Bubba's (1980)
- In Concert (1981)
- Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 1985 (1985)
- Live in Paris 1992 (1992)
- Chicago Revisited: Live at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase (1992)
- Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958 (2007)
- Complete Live at the Spotlite Club 1958 (2007)
- Standard Eyes (1967)