Freeflight is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1971 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography accessed April 14, 2011 Additional performances from this concert were released as Outertimeinnerspace in 1972. It was also the first album to have Jamal play electric piano. The Rhodes piano was given to him by somebody living in Switzerland, and Jamal said he would continue to play the instrument in the future as well as his standard acoustic piano.
Critical reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called it "one of pianist Ahmad Jamal's finest recordings of the early '70s... An excellent effort".Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed April 14, 2011
Track listing All compositions by Ahmad Jamal except as indicated Introduction – 0:53 "Effendi" (McCoy Tyner) – 11:27 "Dolphin Dance" (Herbie Hancock) – 4:51 "Manhattan Reflections" – 10:00 "Poinciana" (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) – 11:28 Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in the Casino De Montreux in Switzerland on June 17, 1971
Personnel Ahmad Jamal – piano, electric piano Jamil Nasser – bass Frank Gant – drums
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