It seems to be rare for a classic-era jazz musician to live into his seventies or eighties, but Ahmad Jamal, like his colleague Jimmie Heath, raised the bar another notch.  When he passed on in 2023, he was 92 years of age.  Truly a jazz giant, his measured and dramatic use of space influenced several generations of musicians around the world.  Miles Davis' oft-quoted endorsement focused on Jamal's "concept of space, his lightness of touch, his understatement".  Recipient of a Lifetime Grammy Award in 2017, he had also received the 1994 NEA Jazz Masters Award.