The pianist and composer was born on August 16, 1925, so this is a only-missed-by-a-day birthday show.
Waldron said, referring to his recovery from a 1963 heroin overdose, that "I couldn't find that lyricism inside myself any more, so I became a very angular player". That is certainly true of some of the post-overdose tracks I have chosen, but not all of them.
| Lady Sings The Blues Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron - Left Alone Revisited (2002) |
| Things Ain't What They Used To Be (excerpt) Frank Wess - Wheelin' & Dealin' (1957) |
| All The Way Mal Waldron Trio - Impressions (1959) |
| B's Flat, Ah's Flat Too Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots (1959) |
| Warp & Woof Mal Waldron (Eric Dolphy alto) - The Quest (1962) |
| A Foggy Day Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) |
| Where? Ron Carter - Where? (1961) |
| Warm Canto Mal Waldron (Eric Dolphy bass cl) - The Quest |
| Yes, Indeed! Ron Carter (Eric Dolphy flute) - Where? |
| Free At Last by the Mal Waldron Trio was the first ever release on the ECM label. |
| Balladina Mal Waldron Trio - Free At Last (1969) |
| end of the first hour, or, if you prefer, beginning of the second. |
| Duquility Mal Waldron - The Quest |
| Mal Waldron was Billie Holiday's pianist during the last years of her life. |
| Mean To Me Mal Waldron - Blues For Lady Day (1972) |
| Reflections Anthony Braxton - Six Monk's Compositions (1987) |
| Prelude To A Kiss Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - Sempre Amore (1986) |
| Nervous Mal Waldron - The Sound Of Jazz (1957) |
| Azure Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - Sempre Amore |
| Un Homme Et Une Femme Barney Wilen & the Mal Waldron Trio - French Story (1988) |
| Nice Work If You Can Get It Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron - Left Alone Revisited |
| All Too Soon David Murray & Mal Waldron - Silence (2001) |
| Soul Eyes John Coltrane - Interplay For 2 Trumpets & 2 Tenors (1957) |
| Boo Mal Waldron Trio - Free At Last |
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Very nice. Thanks.
5:54 PM, August 15th, 2021