This live concert was released on a 1986 double album,
Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 1985. Pianist
Ahmad Jamal and his quartet (which also includes bassist James Cammack, drummer
Herlin Riley, and percussionist
Selden Newton) dig into three originals, an obscurity,
Jack DeJohnette's "Ebony," and a trio of jazz standards (including "Footprints"). This particular group is often reminiscent of
Jamal's trios of the '50s, although with more modern bass playing and some denser piano than before. ~ Scott Yanow