{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Genetic Walk | type = Album | artist = Ahmad Jamal | cover = Genetic Walk.jpg | alt = | released = 1980 | recorded = 1975 | venue = | studio = P.S., Chicago, Wally Heider, Los Angeles, and The Village Recorder, Los Angeles | genre = Jazz Fusion | length = 38:49 | label = 20th Century <small>T-600</small> | producer = Ahmad Jamal | chronology = Ahmad Jamal | prev_title = Jamal Plays Jamal | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = Steppin' Out with a Dream | next_year = 1976 }} '''''Genetic Walk''''' is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1975 and released on the 20th Century label.<ref name="Ahmad Jamal discography">[http://www.ahmadjamal.net/Discography_Ahmad_Jamal.html Ahmad Jamal discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527035512/http://www.ahmadjamal.net/Discography_Ahmad_Jamal.html |date=2012-05-27 }} accessed May 24, 2012</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> |rev2 = ''The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide'' | rev2Score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 111 }}</ref> }} AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating, "Last of his albums to enjoy crossover chart activity".<ref name="Allmusic">Wynn, R. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/genetic-walk-r141393 AllMusic Review] accessed May 24, 2012</ref>
==Track listing== All compositions by Ahmad Jamal unless noted. # "Genetic Walk" – 6:10 # "Spartacus Love Theme" (Alex North) – 3:45 # "Chaser" – 3:13 # "La Costa" (Natalie Cole, Linda Williams) – 5:47 # "Pablo Sierra" – 4:39 # "Bellows" – 6:45 # "Don't Ask My Neighbors" (Skip Scarborough) – 4:16 # "Time for Love" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:14
==Personnel== *Ahmad Jamal – keyboards *Calvin Keys – guitar (tracks 5 & 6) *Danny Leake – guitar (track 7) *Richard Evans – bass (track 4, 7) *Roger Harris – bass (track 1) *John Heard – bass (tracks 2, & 5, 6 & 8) *Jamil Nasser – bass (track 3) *Steve Cobb – drums (track 4) *Frank Gant – drums (tracks 3 & 6) *Morris Jenkins – drums (track 1, 7) *Eddie Marshall – drums (track 2) *Harvey Mason – drums (track 5)
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