[Pre Order] Ahmad Jamal - Ahmad Jamal '73 - Verve Vault Series LP *

Release Date: October 9, 2026

All-analog 180g pressing, cut from the original master tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound.

On Ahmad Jamal '73, one of jazz's most acclaimed small-group pianists traded in his most familiar instrument for something with a new spin, recording his first of seven studio works for the 20th Century label from behind the electric piano. Backed by an expanded orchestra arranged and conducted by album co-producer Richard Evans, the ensuing album merges familiar jazz traditions with the sound of a new era, pairing Jamal's leads with massive string, vocal and horn arrangements on versions of then-current soul-funk hits (Stevie Wonder's "Superstition," War's "The World Is a Ghetto") and spiritual jazz and funk numbers ("Sustah, Sustah," "Peace At Last").

Features

• Verve Vault Series — all-analog, cut from the original master tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound
• 180-gram vinyl, 1LP
• Label: Verve Vault Series

Track Listing

Side One:

1. The World Is A Ghetto
2. Children Of The Night
3. Superstition

Side Two:

1. Trilby
2. Sustah, Sustah
3. Soul Girl
4. Peace At Last