Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana Live at The Olympia Paris | 2012 "Poinciana" is a song by Nat Simon with lyrics by Buddy Bernier written in 1936. The song has been identified as a development of a Cuban folk song entitled "La Canción del Árbol" whose title translates as "the song of the tree", the royal poinciana being a favorite Caribbean flowering plant. However composer Nat Simon would claim the song's tune came to him while he was dining at Manhattan Theater District restaurant Leone's, and that he

Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (Live) (1955) Ahmad Jamal's rendition of "Poinciana," recorded live at the Pershing Lounge in Chicago in 1958, stands as a testament to his groundbreaking approach to jazz piano and trio performance. This piece, originally composed by Nat Simon and Buddy Bernier in 1936, was transformed by Jamal into an iconic jazz standard, featuring on his celebrated album "Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing: But Not for Me." Jamal's "Poinciana" is distinguished by its innovative use of space,