Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Awakening
| Recorded | Feb 2-3, 1970 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1970 |
| Personnel | 3 credited players |
| Discogs | master 182097 |
The record
A '70 date that finds the trio's touch turned inward -- spacious, patient, harmonically searching, with Nasser and Gant reading every silence Jamal leaves. Widely sampled by hip-hop producers decades later, though its real virtue is the unhurried logic of a working band at full understanding.
Session personnel
- Jamil Nasser — bass
- Frank Gant — 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
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 36 pressings on file.
| 1970 | Impulse! · AS-9194 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file |
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| 1970 | Impulse! · ASC 9194 — Vinyl, LP |
| 1971 | Impulse! · AS-9194 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1972 | Impulse! · AS-9194 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Repress, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1974 | Impulse! · AS-9194 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold, Terre Haute Pressing · gatefold |
| 1980 | MCA Records · MCA-29042 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1980 | MCA Records · MCA-29042 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gloversville |
| 1982 | Jasmine Records · JASC 44 — Cassette, Album, Reissue |
| 1986 | MCA Impulse! · MCAD-5644 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1986 | MCA Impulse! · MCA-5644 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1986 | MCA Impulse! · MCAC-5644 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1986 | MCA Impulse! · MCAD-5644 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1986 | MCA Records · 670.9143 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
| 1986 | MCA Impulse! · MCAC-5644 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
Follow the players
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