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Jazz Pianist Ahmad Jamal 

November 21, 2017 
by Peter van Agtmael 
On assignment for French daily newspaper Libération, Peter Van Agtmael photographed legendary American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Through the course of his career, the 87 year old musician has had a major influence on jazz giants like Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, and Miles Davis, who was also a close friend. Davis said he admired Jamal’s “concept of space, his lightness of touch, his understatement.”

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