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Poinciana

Ahmad Jamal

Recorded	Jan 16 & Sep 6, 1958
Label	Chess
Released	1958
Personnel	3 credited players
Discogs	master 310250

The record

A simple, Cuban-flavored theme becomes a lesson in patience here, each pause weighted as deliberately as every note Jamal plays. Space is the actual material, not the leftover between phrases.

Session personnel

Israel Crosby — bass
Vernell Fournier — drums
Ahmad Jamal — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

The earliest rows on file are all 1963: the US Argo mono, LP-719, and the stereo, LPS-719, are the pair to look at, with a mono promo as DJLP-719. The earliest row we list is a Canadian copy catalogued as a compilation, so treat that one with care. Cadet took the number over for the 1966 stereo reissue, and later US Cadet copies as CA 719 are common. Australian Chess issues run CHL 209 and CHLS 209.

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 38 pressings on file.

1963	Argo (6) · LP-719 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1963	Argo (6) · LPS-719 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo
1963	Chess · CHLS 209 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	Argo (6) · LPS-719 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	Argo (6) · DJLP-719 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
1963	Globe (9) · SMJ-7150 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	Chess · CHL 209 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono
1963	Argo (6) · ALP-719 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album
1963	Argo (6) · LP-719 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Argo Jazz · 719 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono
1964	Pye Jazz · NJL 52 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono
1966	Cadet · LPS-719 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1967	Cadet · LPS-719 ; #12531 XCSV-121261 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1970	Argo (6) · LPS-719 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo