The Surrey with the Fringe on Top

Ahmad Jamal · 1958

Context

Standard by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (2 min 35 s), chosen by Ahmad Jamal among the eight tracks of the album At the Pershing: But Not for Me, selected from 43 recorded on the evening of 16 January 1958 at the Pershing Lounge in Chicago. The album was released on Argo.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Poinciana (1958)
• But Not for Me (Ahmad Jamal) (1958)
• Moonlight in Vermont (Ahmad Jamal) (1958)
• Music, Music, Music (1958)
• No Greater Love (1958)
• What's New? (1958)

Sources

• EN: At the Pershing: But Not for Me

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