Ahmad Jamal, Influential Jazz Pianist and Composer, Dies at 92

Jamal's innovative, chamber jazz style had a powerful impact on his contemporaries and gained widespread popularity.
Jamal's influence and admirers spread far and wide in jazz, including Miles Davis, Ethan Iverson, and Vijay Iyer.
He was a minimalist, classicist, and modernist who erased distinctions among musical genres.
He released more than 60 albums in his career and founded a handful of record labels, a management company, and a Chicago nightclub and restaurant called the Alhambra.
He was known for his minimalistic and restrained playing, which laid the groundwork for "cool jazz."