This article will speak on the net worth of an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator Ahmad Jamal before his demise.

92-year-old Ahmad Jamal was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States on the 12th of July, 1930. Although he was born to Baptist parents, Jamal discovered Islam in his teens. He converted to a Muslim after his touring in Detroit, where there was a sizable Muslim community in the 1940s and 1950.

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For six decades, he was one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. He was a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master and won a Lifetime Achievement Grammy for his contributions to music history. He began playing piano at the age of three when his uncle Lawrence challenged him to duplicate what he was doing on the piano. Jamal began formal piano training at the age of seven with Mary Cardwell Dawson, whom he described as having greatly influenced him.

Jamal also studied with pianist James Miller and began playing piano professionally at the age of fourteen, at which point he was recognized as a “coming great” by the pianist Art Tatum. Jamal began touring with George Hudson’s Orchestra after graduating from George Westinghouse High School in 1948.

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He joined another touring group known as The Four Strings, which disbanded when violinist Joe Kennedy Jr. left. In 1950 he moved to Chicago and performed intermittently with local musicians Von Freeman and Claude McLin, and solo at the Palm Tavern, occasionally joined by drummer Ike Day.

In his 80s, Jamal continued to make numerous tours and recordings, including albums such as Saturday Morning (2013), the CD/DVD release Ahmad Jamal Featuring Yusef Lateef Live at L’Olympia (2014), and Marseille (2017), which features vocals in French. Jamal was the main mentor of jazz piano virtuosa Hiromi Uehara, known as Hiromi. In 1986, Jamal sued critic Leonard Feather for using his former name in a publication.

He made his first records in 1951 for the Okeh label with The Three Strings (which would later also be called the Ahmad Jamal Trio, although Jamal himself prefers not to use the term “trio”): the other members were guitarist Ray Crawford and a bassist, at different times Eddie Calhoun (1950–52), Richard Davis (1953–54), and Israel Crosby (from 1954).

In his 80s, Jamal continued to make numerous tours and recordings, including albums such as Saturday Morning (2013), the CD/DVD release Ahmad Jamal Featuring Yusef Lateef Live at L’Olympia (2014), and Marseille (2017), which features vocals in French. Jamal was the main mentor of jazz piano virtuosa Hiromi Uehara, known as Hiromi. In 1986, Jamal sued critic Leonard Feather for using his former name in a publication.

Ahmad Jamal got married to his wife, married to Laura Hess-Hay in 1982 and welcomed a son named Sumayah Jamal.

Ahmad Jamal net worth

The net worth of Ahmad Jamal was increasing each day. He earned a lot of money in a short span of time, which helped him grow in popularity. As of 2023, before his death, Ahmad Jamal had a net worth of $7 Million USD. According to Celebrity Net Worth, the estimated net worth of Ahmad Jamal in 2023 is around $7 Million, which is equivalent to 57,55,75,000.00 in Indian Rupees.

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