Ahmad Jamal passed at his home in Ashley Falls, MA at the age of 92. Born Frederick Russell Jones in Pittsburgh on July 2, 1930, Jamal began playing piano as a teenager and moved to Chicago following high school. He would eventually convert to Islam during this period and changed his name to Ahmad Jamal. … Continued
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