Ahmad Jamal Trio

OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. Ahmad Jamal Trio runs through 3 of them, each one placing them inside a wider story. They appear most often alongside Nas, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock.

3 shows 4 tracks 8 related artists

Shows where Ahmad Jamal Trio appears

Jamal to Nas: World Is Yours

Ahmad Jamal's unique jazz, with its melodic spaces, provides the introspective foundation for hip-hop, from Nas's 'The World Is Yours' to Pete Rock's iconic samples.

1 of 8 tracks — Poinciana

10 chapters · 8 tracks · 5 plays

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Jamal: Space, Silence, and Influence

Ahmad Jamal's minimalist genius, from "Poinciana" to "Ahmad's Blues," defines a new jazz piano sound that shapes Miles Davis's modal explorations and inspires Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage."

2 of 8 tracks — Poinciana · Ahmad's Blues

10 chapters · 8 tracks · 1 plays

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Nas: The Sample Lineage

Nas's iconic sound transforms jazz, soul, and funk samples, from Joe Chambers' "Mind Rain" on Illmatic to Kurtis Blow's hook and Michael Jackson's synth on It Was Written.

1 of 8 tracks — I Love Music