Ahmad Jamal Plays by Ahmad Jamal

Release date: 1955
Recording date: May 23, 1955
Label: Parrot [US 1950s]
Format: 12" LP
Comments: The only LP to be released on the short-lived Parrot label. It was later reissued as "Chamber Music of the New Jazz" (Argo LP 602 and later Cadet LPS 602). The Parrot release has no catalogue number, with the matrix numbers 55 245 and 55 246 being shown on the record labels.

Tracks

	Title	Performer	Written by	Info
i	Spring Is Here	Ahmad Jamal	Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers	Originally by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
i	New Rumba	Ahmad Jamal	Ahmad Jamal	Covered by (14 artists)
i	Medley	Ahmad Jamal	Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, Harold Spina, Jack Elliott [US1], Sid Lippman	Originally by Doris Day with Ray Noble and His Orchestra, The Buddy Kaye Quintet - Vocal by Artie Malvin
i	It Ain't Necessarily So	Ahmad Jamal	Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Originally by John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
i	I Get a Kick out of You	Ahmad Jamal	Cole Porter	Originally by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Ramona REC, William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF
i	Darn That Dream	Ahmad Jamal	Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen	Originally by Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
i	All of You	Ahmad Jamal	Cole Porter	Originally by Don Ameche PRF, Mel Tormé with Orchestra directed by George Cates REC,REL
i	A Foggy Day	Ahmad Jamal	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Originally by Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC