Legendary Jazz Pianist Ahmad Jamal Passes Away at 92.

Ahmad Jamal, the jazz pianist known for his measured and spare piano style, died at the age of 92 due to prostate cancer. He was an inspiration to generations of jazz musicians and was honored with a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master award, a lifetime achievement Grammy, and induction into France’s Order of Arts and Letters. Jamal's approach stood in marked contrast to the challenging bebop music that was sweeping the jazz world when he began his career as a teenager in the mid-1940s. He influenced many prominent jazz pianists, including Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett, and was a close friend of Miles Davis, who once said, “All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.”