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Ahmad Jamal sounds like the luckiest man in the world on Saturday Morning. 
At 83, the pianist is able to express with magisterial power all the rhythms in his heart and moods in his soul. 
Perhaps it's karmic payback for how underrated Jamal has been over these many decades.

Saturday Morning is a companion piece to Jamal's Blue Moon from 2011. 
The latter disc was recorded mostly in New York and dominated by movie and show tunes, 
whereas the new record was made in France and is primarily composed of Jamal originals. 
But Jamal’s unique and impeccable sense of time is a constant of both, enabled by drummer Herlin Riley 
and bassist Reginald Veal and ex-Weather Report percussionist Manolo Badrena.

With the title track, a staple of his concerts and played twice here, 
Jamal has found the modern-day equivalent of his monster 1958 hit, "Poinciana", 
a durable, gently funky ostinato that is easily adaptable to all his rhythmic impulses. 
Aside from that gem, he delivers a fascinating, reggae-inflected "The Line", 
and a tribute to Horace Silver ("Silver") with Latin underpinning. Among the best of the cover songs, 
is a rendition of the swooning hit ballad for Doris Day and Les Brown, "I'll Always Be With You", 
an opportunity for Jamal to present his shimmering note clusters like bouquets.

Jamal has never sounded more confident and self-assured in his stylistic gambits-the dissonant chordal asides, 
the alternating motifs, the spatial manipulation that so enchanted Miles Davis-and has never trusted his sidemen so thoroughly. 
He exudes an authority that listeners will find easy to cherish. (Published december 23 2013 By Britt Robson, www.jazztimes.com)



foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-07-01 00:32:50

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Analyzed: Ahmad Jamal / Saturday Morning
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR11      -0.10 dB   -12.33 dB      4:09 01-Back To The Future
DR8       -0.10 dB   -12.35 dB      4:34 02-I'll Always Be With You
DR10      -0.10 dB   -13.45 dB     10:22 03-Saturday Morning
DR11      -0.10 dB   -14.64 dB      4:48 04-Edith's Cake
DR11      -0.10 dB   -13.04 dB      7:16 05-The Line
DR10      -0.10 dB   -14.15 dB      6:37 06-I'm In The Mood For Love
DR10      -0.10 dB   -13.00 dB      4:05 07-Firefly
DR11      -0.10 dB   -12.97 dB      4:40 08-Silver
DR10      -0.10 dB   -14.32 dB      5:37 09-I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
DR9       -0.10 dB   -11.29 dB      6:29 10-One (Ahad)
DR13      -0.10 dB   -17.31 dB      3:41 11-Saturday Morning (Radio Edit)
DR10      -0.10 dB   -12.33 dB      6:03 12-Gyroscope
DR10      -0.10 dB   -13.65 dB      6:01 13-Arabesque
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Number of tracks:  13
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate:        88200 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           2698 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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