BALLADES

At the age of 88 composer and legendary jazz musician Ahmad Jamal presents Ballades an album that sees him returning to his roots in a transcendent journey. Jamal comes from the closely-knit club of the great masters of jazz. That is why in the manner of Coltrane and Miles he goes back to his past as a way to overcome it. At it s heart Ballades is a solo piano album - something Jamal has never done before (double-bass player James Cammack is featured on three tracks). The music is art in it s purest form ranging from the iconic Poinciana to the symbolic Marseille. Ballades is a new masterpiece in this artist s long and distinguished career.