Ahmad Jamal was never as distinctive on electric piano as he was on the acoustic counterpart, making this two-LP set,
Digital Works, (which finds him doubling) a slight disappointment.
Jamal does play well throughout, engaging his sidemen (bassist
Larry Ball, drummer
Herlin Riley, and percussionist
Iraj Lashkaryl) in close interplay, but no new revelations occur on such remakes as "But Not for Me," "Wave" and
Jamal's greatest hit, "Poinciana." Good music overall, but not essential. ~ Scott Yanow