Naked City Theme
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| Naked City Theme | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | June 26–28, 1964 | |||
| Venue | The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:31 | |||
| Label | Argo LPS-733 | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Naked City Theme is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded at the Jazz Workshop in 1964 and released on the Argo label.[2]
This is Jamal's first recording with bassist Jamil Nasser, who would remain with the pianist's trio until 1972.[3] He replaced Israel Crosby, who had died of a heart attack in 1962.[4] The drummer is Chuck Lampkin, who soon left jazz to become a broadcaster. This was Jamal's first new trio album in more than two years,[5] following the end of his "celebrated" and influential Crosby-Vernel Fournier trio.[6]
The album's title track is a theme composed by jazz arranger-composer Billy May for the TV series Naked City, inspired by the classic 1948 film noir of the same title.
In 2008, the original LP was remastered and issued with Jamal's 1965 album Extensions as a twofer CD (JAZZBEAT 536).[7] This compilation was reissued in a limited edition by American Jazz Classics in 2021.[8]
