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{{Infobox album
| name       = Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's
| type       = [[Live album]]
| artist     = [[Ahmad Jamal]]
| cover      = Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1976
| recorded   = {{Start date|1976|08|13}}
| venue      = Oil Can Harry's, [[Vancouver]]
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     = 47:51
| label      = [[Catalyst Records (jazz)|Catalyst]]
| producer   = Ahmad Jamal
| prev_title = [[Steppin' Out with a Dream]]
| prev_year  = 1976
| next_title = [[One (Ahmad Jamal album)|One]]
| next_year  = 1979
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]''
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book |editor-last = Swenson |editor-first = J. |title = [[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]] |publisher = [[Rolling Stone Press]] |isbn = 0-394-72643-X |page=111}}</ref>
}}
'''''Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's''''' is a [[live album]] by US [[jazz pianist]] [[Ahmad Jamal]], featuring four pieces recorded at Oil Can Harry's (a nightclub in [[Vancouver]]) on August 13, 1976. Performing with Jamal are [[Calvin Keys]] on [[guitar]], [[John Heard (musician)|John Heard]] on [[double bass]], [[Frank Gant]] on [[drum kit|drums]]. Additional [[percussion]] is by Seldon Newton. [[Catalyst Records (jazz)|Catalyst Records]] released the album in 1976.
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| total_length    = 47:51
| title1          = Effendi
| length1         = 12:57
| music1          = Alfred Tyner
| title2          = Poinciana
| length2         = 10:25
| music2          = [[Buddy Bernier]], [[Nat Simon]]
| title3          = Folklore
| length3         = 12:57
| music3          = Ahmad Jamal
| title4          = Bellows
| length4         = 11:32
| music4          = Ahmad Jamal
}}
==Reception==
Jazz reviewer/historian [[Scott Yanow]] awarded the album four stars. He mentions in his review that the album "gives listeners an excellent example of the playing of pianist Ahmad Jamal in the mid-1970s".<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-oil-can-harrys-mw0000038565 |title=''Live at Oil Can Harry's'' § AllMusic Review |last=Yanow |first=Scott |author-link=Scott Yanow |website=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |access-date=2017-07-09}}</ref>
Emmy Award winner Michael K. Leader (now President of Leader Cinema Systems, Inc) was the Recording Engineer of note for the album ''Ahmad Jamal Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's'' .   According to Leader, Gary Barclay, then the jazz producer for CHQM-FM in Vancouver Canada, was the producer of note for this album, and NOT Ahmad Jamal as listed in the credits.
The Oil Can Harry’s August 8, 1975 performance was recorded live for the 'Saturday All Nite Jazz Show' on CHQM.  Under the terms of AFM (American Federation of Musicians of The United States and Canada) Contract NO:   C-19029, this is a Radio Broadcast Contract. The use specifically covers a one time broadcast use for which the performers were paid at the broadcast rate. This is NOT a recording contract and does not contain any provisions for a recorded work to be released on the retail market.
Unfortunately, on the CD version of this concert, Jamal’s unaccompanied piano solo on the introduction of “Folklore” has been severely edited. Some existing
LP versions include the complete solo, and these are well worth searching for.
== References ==
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==External links==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.ahmadjamal.com/about/discography |title=Ahmad Jamal – Discography |website=AhmadJamal.com}}
* {{Discogs master|666722}}
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