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A sorely underexposed figure and a major influence on Miles Davis, pianist Ahmad Jamal isn’t generally ranked among the all-time giants of jazz, but he impressed fellow musicians and record buyers alike with his innovative, minimalist approach

Ahmed Abdul-Malik Biography, Photos, Pictures

Ahmed Abdul-Malik was one of the first musicians to integrate non-Western musical elements into jazz In addition to being a hard bop bassist of some distinction, he also played the oud, a double-stringed, unfretted Middle Eastern lute, played with a plectrum

Ahmed Abdullah Biography, Photos, Pictures

An exciting but still little-known trumpeter, Ahmed Abdullah began playing music when he was 13 He started to get notice during the 1970s, performing in New York’s loft scene

Ahmet Ertegun Biography, Photos, Pictures

Ahmet Ertegun, along with his brother Nesuhi, plus engineer/producer Tom Dowd, producer Jerry Wexler, and others such as writer Jessie Stone, helped create and hone the Atlantic Records jazz, R&B, and pop empire in the ’50s and ’60s

Alex Steinweiss Biography, Photos, Pictures

During his storied stint as Columbia Records’ art director, Alex Steinweiss transformed the packaging and presentation of recorded music, pioneering the LP cover and developing a graphic language that designers still employ to this day

Auktyon (Auction) Biography, Photos, Pictures

Auktyon (Auction) is an idiosyncratic product of the Leningrad rock scene of the 1980’s, and one of the few groups of the era to gain notice by the non-Russian speaking world

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