Ahmad Jamal- Ahmad Jamal '73 (Verve Vault Series)

Label: Verve

Reissued 10/9/2026, Originally released 1973

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").

Track listing:

1. World Is a Ghetto
   
2. Children of the Night
   
3. Superstition
   
4. Trilby
   
5. Sustah Sustah
   
6. Soul Girl
   
7. Peace at Last