Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, featuring four pieces recorded at Oil Can Harry's, a nightclub in Vancouver, on August 13, 1976.
Performing with Jamal are Calvin Keys on guitar, John Heard on double bass, Frank Gant on drums and Seldon Newton on percussion. Catalyst Records released the album in 1976.
Michael K. Leader, president of Leader Cinema Systems, was the recording engineer for the album. He said that Canadian producer Gary Barclay was the producer of this album, not Ahmad Jamal. The Oil Can Harry’s August 8, 1975, performance was recorded live for the "Saturday All Nite Jazz Show" on Barclay's Vancouver station, CHQM-FM.
On the CD version of this concert, Jamal’s unaccompanied piano solo on the introduction of “Folklore” was severely edited. Some existing LP versions include the complete solo.
Reception
Jazz critic Scott Yanow said that the album "gives listeners an excellent example of the playing of pianist Ahmad Jamal in the mid-1970s".
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