Ahmad Jamal – At The Jazz Showcase: Live In Chicago

Description

Ahmad Jamal ‘At the Jazz Showcase’ is the first ever release of piano legend Ahmad Jamal’s trio featuring bassist John Heard and longtime drummer Frank Gant captured live at Joe Segal’s Jazz Showcase in Chicago, IL on March 20-21, 1976.

The limited-edition 180-gram 2LP set was mastered from the original tapes by engineer Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab in Salina, KS, and pressed at Quebec’s boutique audiophile pressing plant Le Vinylist.

The deluxe package includes newly curated liner notes by Jamal scholar Eugene Holley, Jr., plus interviews with rapper/DJ/producer Pete Rock, Joe Segal’s son Wayne Segal and more.

Record Store Day 2026 release.

A1 – Ahmad’s Song (15:00)
A2 – Wave (13:40)
B1 – Have You Met Miss
Jones (9:37)
B2 – Theme from M*A*S*H
(11:49)
C1 – Dolphin Dance (9:59)
C2 – Prelude To A Kiss
(9:28)
C3 – A Time for Love (8:27)
D1 – Swahililand (21:19)
D2 – A Nightingale Sang in
Berkeley Square (3:11)
Recorded live on March
20-21, 1976 at the Jazz
Showcase in Chicago, IL
Ahmad Jamal – piano
John Heard – bass
Frank Gant – drums

RSD26 – Record Store Day