[JPL] Ahmad Jamal to receive the Donostiako Jazzaldia Award

[Dr. Jazz]

Ahmad Jamal to receive the Donostiako Jazzaldia Award

The great pianist Ahmad Jamal will be receiving this year's Donostiako 
Jazzaldia Award. Starting in 1994, the San Sebastian Jazz Festival has 
given this award to an outstanding musician for his lifetime career and 
his contribution to jazz.

Ahmad Jamal is unique. Alter being considered one of the greatest 
musicians by his colleagues, Miles Davis among them, he now lives a 
splendid maturity assuring him a position among the most important names 
in jazz. He revolutionized jazz piano in the 50s thanks to his subtlety 
under the simplicity of his music, and has been a major influence for 
all piano players since then.  In his recent recordings, specially those 
together with George Coleman, the richness of his musical universe and 
his permanent vitality are always present. His career has been 
recognized with several important awards such as the Knighthood of Arts 
and Letters of France (Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres) and the 
American Jazz Masters Award.

*Award winners since 1994*
Doc Cheatham (1994)
Phil Woods (1995)
Hank Jones (1996)
Steve Lacy (1997)
Chick Corea (1998)
Max Roach and Clark Terry (1999)
Kenny Barron (2000)
Ray Brown (2001)
Elvin Jones (2002)
Bebo Valdés (2003)
Shirley Horn and Fernando Trueba (2004)
Keith Jarrett and Charles Mingus (In Memoriam) (2005)
Herbie Hancock (2006)
Wayne Shorter (2007)

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