Ahmad Jamal talks about Miles Davis

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Ahmad Jamal discusses religion

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Ahmad Jamal discusses personality in musicianship

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Q: “I think of you primarily as a piano player because that’s what you’re out there doing but those kinds of other interests in your life – from businesses, to running restaurants – it all goes into it, doesn’t it?”

A: “Yeah, pianists usually can think orchestrally because the piano is itself an orchestra. So most of us if we concentrate we can write. You know, it's just a matter of concentration, of course, having a luxury of time.”