Collector LP - American Classical Music Ahmad Jamal - 1982 8 tracks $300.00 A limited quantity of sealed copies (vinyl LP) from the original 1982 pressing of "American Classical Music", by Ahmad Jamal. *These LP's are purchased directly from the artist. Album Tracks side A 1. Lament For A Dying Boy (Ahmad Jamal) 2. Somewhere Along The Nile (Richard Evans / Ra Yemeni) 3. Close Enough For Love (Johnny Mandel / Paul Williams) 4. Firefly (Ahmad Jamal) side B 1. Mellow Drama (Jimmy Heath) 2. Goodbye Mr. Evan's (Phil Woods) 3. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Burke-Van Heusen) 4. Bluesette (Norman Gimbel / Jean Theilemans) ..: Ahmad Jamal's Featured Collector Release - American Classical Music (Vinyl LP) :.. Long before the record industry invented the term crossover , pianist Ahmad Jamal was the first jazz artist to record an album that sold over one million copies. But Not For Me, recorded in 1958 at Chicago's Pershing Lounge for ARGO records, went to number 3 on Billboard magazine's popular album chart, and stayed there for 107 weeks. With that album, Jamal proved the broad base of appreciation for a music previously thought to be very specialized. This mainstream interest has continued to follow Jamal's music, and for this reason, he calls it (and has coined the name) American Classical Music. This selection, including American classical standards, and two of his own compositions, was recorded at a sell-out concert in San Francisco's Great American Music Hall in July of 1982, which makes the album's title doubly appropriate. - Lee Hidebrand