title: Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2
text: # Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
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  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  
  Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 is an album by the American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, containing performances recorded in Paris in 1994 and New York in 1995 and released on the Birdology label.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Richard S. Ginell, in his review for AllMusic, stated: "Into his mid-60s, Jamal remained as distinctive and inventive a pianist as ever, with delightful surprises lurking around every bend".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Ahmad Jamal unless noted.
  
  * "Lament" – 8:59
  * "There's a Lull in My Life" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 6:38
  * "Manhattan Reflections" – 8:35
  * "Big Byrd" – 15:13
  * "Jamie My Boy" – 9:36
  * "I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 8:30
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Ahmad Jamal – piano
  * James Cammack – bass (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6)
  * Jamil Nasser – bass (tracks 3 & 4)
  * Idris Muhammad – drums
  * Manolo Badrena – percussion
  * Joe Kennedy, Jr. – violin (track 3)
  * Donald Byrd – trumpet (track 4)
  