{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Essence Part One | type = Album | artist = Ahmad Jamal | cover = The Essence Part One.jpg | alt = | released = 1995 | recorded = October 30–31, 1994 and February 6–7, 1995 | venue = | studio = Studio Marcadet, La Plaine Saint Denis, France and Clinton Recording Studios, New York City | genre = Jazz | length = 55:02 | label = Birdology <small>529327-2</small> | producer = | chronology = Ahmad Jamal | prev_title = I Remember Duke, Hoagy & Strayhorn | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 | next_year = 1995 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> |rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=761}}</ref> }} '''''The Essence Part One''''' is an album by the American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, containing performances recorded in Paris in 1994 and New York City in 1995. It was released on the Birdology label in 1995.<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 28, 2012</ref>

==Critical reception== Richard S. Ginell, in his review for AllMusic, states: "This absorbing collection is a testament to the continuing ability of Ahmad Jamal to startle and engage jazz listeners."<ref name="Allmusic">Ginell, R. S. [https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-essence-pt-1-r232852 Allmusic Review] accessed May 28, 2012</ref>

==Track listing== All compositions by Ahmad Jamal unless noted. # "Flight" – 6:29 # "Toulouse" – 6:55 # "The Essence" – 10:10 # "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 5:45 # "Catalina" – 6:40 # "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 6:56 # "Street of Dreams" (Sam M. Lewis, Victor Young) – 5:33 # "Bahia" (Ary Barroso) – 6:34

==Personnel== *Ahmad Jamal – piano *James Cammack – bass (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8) *Jamil Nasser – bass (tracks 3 & 6) *Idris Muhammad – drums *Manolo Badrena – percussion *George Coleman – tenor saxophone (tracks 3 & 6)

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