Blues for Lady Day

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Blues for Lady Day
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Studio album by
Mal Waldron
Released1973
RecordedFebruary 5, 1972
Genre Jazz
Length69:59
Label Freedom
Producer Alan Bates
Mal Waldron chronology
Journey Without End
(1971)		Blues for Lady Day
(1973)		 A Little Bit of Miles
(1971)

Blues for Lady Day (subtitled A Personal Tribute to Billie Holiday ) is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron, featuring performances recorded in Baarn, Holland ,in 1972 and released on the Freedom label. [1] The album was rereleased on CD on Black Lion Records in 1994 combined with tracks from A Little Bit of Miles .

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated that "the emphasis is on thoughtful (and sometimes a bit downbeat) interpretations at ballad tempoes". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Tom Hull B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [3]

Track listing

  1. "Blues for Lady Day" (Mal Waldron) — 3:43
  2. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) — 4:04
  3. "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) — 3:20
  4. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) — 5:38
  5. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) — 3:01
  6. "You're My Thrill" (Jay Gorney, Sidney Clare) — 3:39
  7. "Strange Fruit" (Abel Meeropol) — 2:47
  8. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) — 4:48
  9. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) — 3:01

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Mal Waldron discography accessed February 25, 2011
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed February 25, 2011
  3. ↑ Hull, Tom (February 28, 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
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