| A Touch of the Blues | ||||
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | May 6, 1972 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:16 | |||
| Label | Enja | |||
| Producer | Alan Bates | |||
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A Touch of the Blues is a live album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring performances recorded in Nuremberg, West Germany in 1972 and released on the Enja label. [1]
The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars. [2]
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Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Waldron led his own bands and played for those led by Charles Mingus, Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy, among others. During Waldron's period as house pianist for Prestige Records in the late 1950s, he appeared on dozens of albums and composed for many of them, including writing his most famous song, "Soul Eyes", for Coltrane. Waldron was often an accompanist for vocalists, and was Billie Holiday's regular accompanist from April 1957 until her death in July 1959.
Mal/2 is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label. The CD reissue added two additional recordings from the same sessions originally released on The Dealers (1957) as bonus tracks.
Mal/4: Trio is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1958 and released on the New Jazz label.
Left Alone is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1959 and released on the Bethlehem label.
Sweet Love, Bitter is a soundtrack album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1967 for the film of the same name written by Lewis Jacobs and directed by Herbert Danska and released on the Impulse! label. The movie was a loose fictitious retelling of Charlie Parker's last years and a portrait of the jazz scene in 1960s New York.
Free at Last is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1969 and released on the ECM label. The album was the first release on the influential European jazz label.
The Call is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1971 and released on the JAPO label. The album was the first release on the short-lived European jazz label. It is Waldron's only album as a bandleader to feature him playing the electric piano.
Black Glory is a live album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in Munich 1971 and released on the Enja label.
Mal Waldron Plays the Blues is a live album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in Munich in 1971 and released on the Enja label.
Signals is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring solo performances recorded in Baarn, Holland in 1971 and released on the Freedom label.
Blues for Lady Day is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring performances recorded in Baarn, Holland in 1972 and released on the Freedom label. The album was rereleased on CD on Black Lion Records in 1994 combined with tracks from A Little Bit of Miles.
A Little Bit of Miles is a live album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring performances recorded in Leiden, Holland in 1972 and released on the Freedom label. The album was rereleased on CD on Black Lion Records in 1994 as bonus tracks on Blues for Lady Day.
Mal Waldron on Steinway is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring solo performances recorded in Paris in 1972 and released on the Japanese Teichiku label.
The Whirling Dervish is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring performances recorded in Paris in 1972 and released by the French America label.
Up Popped the Devil is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1973 and released by the Enja label.
Hard Talk is a live album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1974 and released by the Enja label.
One-Upmanship is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron with soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, recorded in 1977, and released by the Enja label. The CD reissue added three solo piano pieces to the original album.
Moods is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron, recorded in 1978, and released by the Enja label. Originally released as a double LP, the CD reissue omitted three of the piano solos to fit onto one compact disc and altered the running order; a later CD reissue reinstated Waldron's "Soul Eyes".
No More Tears is an album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in West Germany and released on the Dutch Timeless label.
Spring in Prague is an album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1990 and released on the Japanese Alfa Jazz label.