Mal Waldron (August 16, 1926 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz and world music pianist and composer.
Born in New York City, his jazz work was chiefly in the hard bop, post-bop and free jazz genres. He is known for his distinctive chord voicings and adaptable style, which was originally inspired by the playing of Thelonious Monk.
Personnel:
Mal Waldron, piano;
Addison Farmer, bass;
Albert “Tootie” Heath, drums
Recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey, March 20, 1959.
Tracks:
1. Les Champs Elysées 6:22 (Mal Waldron)
2. All About Us 4:04 (Elaine Waldron)
3. Ciao! 9:55 (M. Waldron)
4. All the Way 5:47 (Cahn-Van Heusen)
5. With a Song in My Heart 6:38 (Rodgers-Hart)
6. You Stepped Out of a Dream 5:05 (Brown-Kahn)
7. Cest Formidable 3:40 (M. Waldron)
Mal Waldron Trio: Impressions (CD: New Jazz- US Import)
In his first three albums for Prestige, Mal Waldron utilized horns to present his ideas. Then he switched to a trio format. Impressions is the second of these and shows off both his playing and composing abilities. On the writing side, three related pieces entitled Overseas Suite are presented here, although they are not in consecutive order. Among the standards, “All the Way” came out of Billie Holiday’s liking for Frank Sinatra’s recording of the song. Waldron was Holiday’s accompanist at the time and, in fact, wrote Overseas Suite after returning from a European tour with Lady in 1958. Today Waldron is a global traveler with an enthusiastic following in Japan and Europe, as well as in the United States, where he has once again begun to make more frequent appearances since the Eighties. Impressions represents the beginning of that internationalism and, if you will, universality. (Fantasy, Inc.)
In his first three albums for Prestige, Mal Waldron utilized horns to present his ideas. Then he switched to a trio format. Impressions is the second of these and shows off both his playing and composing abilities. On the writing side, three related pieces entitled Overseas Suite are presented here, although they are not in consecutive order. Among the standards, “All the Way” came out of Billie Holiday’s liking for Frank Sinatra’s recording of the song. Waldron was Holiday’s accompanist at the time and, in fact, wrote Overseas Suite after returning from a European tour with Lady in 1958. Today Waldron is a global traveler with an enthusiastic following in Japan and Europe, as well as in the United States, where he has once again begun to make more frequent appearances since the Eighties. Impressions represents the beginning of that internationalism and, if you will, universality. (Fantasy, Inc.)
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