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Ahmad Jamal

1930 - 2023

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Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones; July 2, 1930 – April 16, 2023) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator. For six decades, he was one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. He was a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master and won a Lifetime Achievement Grammy for his contributions to music history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad Jamal is the 753rd most popular musician (down from 601st in 2019), the 4,145th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,091st in 2019) and the 238th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Ahmad Jamal ranks 753 out of 3,175. Before him are Ingrid Haebler, Lang Lang, Max Cavalera, McCoy Tyner, Chrissie Hynde, and Jack Sherman. After him are Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Tom Araya, Danko Jones, Link Wray, Deadmau5, and Kenny Clarke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ahmad Jamal ranks 230. Before him are Donn F. Eisele, Lawrence Eagleburger, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Frank McCourt, Anne Francis, and Uladzimir Karatkievich. After him are José Ramón Machado Ventura, Juan Gelman, Stuart Lewis-Evans, David Huddleston, Bora Kostić, and Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou. Among people deceased in 2023, Ahmad Jamal ranks 193. Before him are Yaakov Ziv, Ita Ever, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, Ingrid Haebler, Antoni Martí, and Solomon Perel. After him are Ian Hacking, Klas Lestander, Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Richard Belzer, Bray Wyatt, and David Albahari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ahmad Jamal ranks 4,145 out of 20,380. Before him are Dyanne Thorne (1936), Jon Bernthal (1976), Jonathan Groff (1985), Jane Lynch (1960), Larry Wall (1954), and Kamehameha V (1830). After him are Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), E. C. Segar (1894), William Larned (1872), Jesse Jackson (1941), Robert Sapolsky (1957), and Q-Tip (1970).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ahmad Jamal ranks 238. Before him are Tim Buckley (1947), Johnny Horton (1925), Steve Gadd (1945), McCoy Tyner (1938), Chrissie Hynde (1951), and Jack Sherman (1956). After him are Link Wray (1929), Kenny Clarke (1914), Todd Rundgren (1948), Sly Stone (1943), Milt Jackson (1923), and Walter Donaldson (1893).

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