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Title: Ahmad Jamal – The Bright, The Blue And The Beautiful
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1968, Jazz, Post-Bop, Chicago
Matrix #: LPS-807
Condition: EX (VZ)
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle Jamal grew up in a working-class Pittsburgh home; his father worked in a steel mill and his mother did housework, but still got him a piano.
2. Studio Lore Cut in New York in February 1968, this one adds the Howard Roberts Choir and Hale Smith, stretching his trio into a more arranged setting.
3. Media Narrative As free jazz surged in the 1960s, Jamal was knocked by some critics for polished, more commercial choices instead of going abstract. 

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