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The quickest way to become troubled is to be concerned with what people are gonna say about your life and your work.

Ahmad Jamal

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Ahmad Jamal
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: July 2
Composer
Jazz Musician
Jazz Pianist
Pianist
Recording Artist
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Frederick Russell Jones
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