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Ahmad Jamal Trio at The Colonial Theatre
Courtesy of Edward Bride | Posted on March 16, 2012
Where
The Colonial Theatre
111 South Street
Pittsfield, MA
Map
(413) 997-4444
When
Sat, March 31, 2012
8pm
At Door
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Musicians
Ahmad Jamal
pianoAbout
After nearly a five-year absence from the Berkshires performance stage, Ahmad Jamal returns to western Massachusetts for a concert at the historic Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield on Saturday, March 31, 8pm.
Ahmad Jamal is a true-blue American Jazz Master and musical legend, whose career transcends time. With six decades of musical validity and counting, he is acknowledged as one of the most innovative and influential American jazz pianists. Jamal is a composer, and educator who, according to critic and jazz historian Stanley Crouch, is second only to Charlie Parker in importance in the development of jazz after 1945. ...