Mal Waldron

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Annotation

A major pianist with a very distinctive play, although somewhat reminiscent of Monk's work, Mal Waldron was Billie Holiday last accompanist.
Then playing with Eric Dolphy (on the incredible Five Spot sessions), John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and others, Mr Waldron suffered from a severe health problem in the early 60's, thus had to relearn piano from his own records.

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Annotation last modified on 2006-05-16 18:18 UTC.

Album

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1987 Sempre amore Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron 1
1987 In Retrospect Mal Waldron 1
1991 I'll Be Around Tiziana Ghiglioni & Enrico Rava & Mal Waldron 1
1992 Crowd Scene Mal Waldron 1
1994 Waldron-Haslam Mal Waldron & George Haslam 1
1996 Mal-1 Mal Waldron 2
1996 Mal-2 Mal Waldron 1
1997 The Quest Mal Waldron 3
1997 Communiqué Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron 1
1999 Explorations... to the Mth Degree Max Roach & Mal Waldron 1
2001 After Hours Jeanne Lee & Mal Waldron 1
2002 One More Time Mal Waldron 1
— Black Spirits Are Here Again Roberto Ottaviano & Mal Waldron 1
— Blues for Lady Day Mal Waldron 1
— Blues for Lady Day Mal Waldron 1
— Hot House Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron 1
— Impressions Mal Waldron 1
— Mal-2 Mal Waldron 1
— Mal/4 Trio Mal Waldron 1
— Soul Eyes Mal Waldron 1
— Up Popped the Devil Mal Waldron 1
— What It Is Mal Waldron 1

Live

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1995 Interpretations of Monk: Live From Soundscape Series Mal Waldron 1
1997 All Alone Mal Waldron 1
1997 Travellin' in Soul-Time: Live From Tokyo, Nagasaki and Kobuchizawa Mal Waldron, Jeanne Lee & Toru Tenda 1
— "Live at Jazz Unité": Some Jive Ass Boer Johnny Dyani & Mal Waldron 1
— Live at Dreher Paris 1981, Volume 2: The Peak Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron 1

Other release groups

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
— Left Alone Revisited Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron 1

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