Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Ahmad Jamal, the legendary and inventive pianist, passed away on Sunday ...

Acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Ahmad Jamal passed away on Sunday at age 92, ex-wife Laura Hess-Hey confirmed to The Washington Post. According to The New York Times, his daughter Sumayah Jamal ...

Jamal was a touring mainstay and prolific recording artist and pioneered a radical new direction in the post-bebop era. He was famous for his use of space—one could argue that the cliché of ...

Ahmad Jamal can fairly be described as jazz's most influential living pianist, but even that superlative doesn't quite do justice to his pervasive impact. While piano stars like Benny Green, Eric Reed ...