Ahmad Jamal - Original Poinciana

Bob

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Dec 25, 2000, 2:11:49 PM12/25/00

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Back in the late 1950s, Jamal recorded a version of Poiciana before
the famous version at the Pershing. It was titled "Poinciana - Song Of
The Tree". It was a much more soulful version than the upbeat Pershing
version, and featured a guitar player, IIRC.

Does anyone know the name of the album and if it is available for
download or purchase.

Thanks,

Bob

Michael Fitzgerald

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Dec 25, 2000, 3:48:42 PM12/25/00

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The early studio version was on Epic from 1955 and is available on a
CD called "Poinciana" CBS 44394. Ray Crawford was the guitarist.

BTW, the best place for this kind of question is rec.music.bluenote,
the general jazz newsgroup.

Mike

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Bob

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Dec 26, 2000, 8:52:00 AM12/26/00

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On Mon, 25 Dec 2000 15:48:42 -0500, Michael Fitzgerald
<fitz...@eclipse.net> wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Dec 2000 19:11:49 GMT, r...@houston.rr.com (Bob) wrote:

>>Back in the late 1950s, Jamal recorded a version of Poiciana before
>>the famous version at the Pershing. It was titled "Poinciana - Song Of
>>The Tree". It was a much more soulful version than the upbeat Pershing
>>version, and featured a guitar player, IIRC.

>>Does anyone know the name of the album and if it is available for
>>download or purchase.

>The early studio version was on Epic from 1955 and is available on a
>CD called "Poinciana" CBS 44394. Ray Crawford was the guitarist.

I had that very album when I was a teenager, but I lost it over the
years.

>BTW, the best place for this kind of question is rec.music.bluenote,
>the general jazz newsgroup.

I found it in CD on a web site:

http://www.cheap-cds.com/surf/disps/022581

Does anyone have any experience with this vendor?

Bob

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Dec 26, 2000, 12:38:47 PM12/26/00

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On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 13:52:00 GMT, r...@houston.rr.com (Bob) wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Dec 2000 15:48:42 -0500, Michael Fitzgerald
><fitz...@eclipse.net> wrote:

>>The early studio version was on Epic from 1955 and is available on a
>>CD called "Poinciana" CBS 44394. Ray Crawford was the guitarist.

BTW, how did you find out where that album was?

Where are the best places to look for obscure albums?

Bob

JAZZCORNER

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Dec 26, 2000, 1:05:37 PM12/26/00

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The original album was issued on ARGO LP 628 "Ahmad Jahmal At The Pershing"
rec. Jan 16,1958. If you really do like
the early music of Ahmad Jahmal thre was also a Vol 2 on ARGO # 667 "Jahmal
At The Pershing / Vol 2" rec. Jan 17,1968..
I do not know if both albums are available on CD.
Hope this helpsWillie (from germany)

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Bob

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Dec 26, 2000, 11:33:37 PM12/26/00

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On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 19:05:37 +0100, "JAZZCORNER"
<w.borg...@rz-online.de> wrote:

>The original album was issued on ARGO LP 628 "Ahmad Jahmal At The Pershing"
>rec. Jan 16,1958. If you really do like
>the early music of Ahmad Jahmal thre was also a Vol 2 on ARGO # 667 "Jahmal
>At The Pershing / Vol 2" rec. Jan 17,1968..
>I do not know if both albums are available on CD.
>Hope this helpsWillie (from germany)

The album you are referring to is the later version of Poinciana - the
one that made Jamal famous. I was referring to the earlier version,
which someone identified in an earlier post.

I still have the album you refer to - the Pershing album - which I
bought in 1958/9. I also bought the earlier one, which I was looking
for and found thanks to an astute poster, but somehow I lost it over
the years.

I got the CD from "Cheap-CDs" and they put out some of the tracks on
<my.mp3.com>, so I got to listen to the earlier version of Poinciana
which I was looking for. Talk about nostalgia - that was my first jazz
album and I was 16 years old at the time.

Fun stuff, eh.

Bob