At the age of 88, following in the footsteps of Chopin, Liszt and Brahms, the legendary jazz musician has written 'Ballades', a series of compositions for solo piano seeing him returning to his roots in a transcendent journey.
Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones, July 2, 1930, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.) is an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator. For five decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz.