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Title: Ahmad Jamal - Genetic Walk
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1980, Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 6/26
Matrix #: T-600
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great (CC) | Members: Ahmad J (30' - 23')
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Jamal’s spare, controlled style was often dismissed by critics as cocktail music, even while Miles Davis studied him closely and defended his influence.
2. Studio Lore: Genetic Walk captures Jamal in an electric late-70s lane, using funk rhythm, studio polish, and longer grooves without abandoning his clipped piano logic.
3. Media Narrative: Released on 20th Century Fox, it shows a bebop-era mind surviving the jazz-funk market instead of retreating into museum jazz.

6/19/2026 CC