Mal-1

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Mal-1
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Studio album by
Mal Waldron
ReleasedMay 1957 (1957-05) [1] [2]
RecordedNovember 9, 1956
Genre Jazz
Length37:48
Label Prestige
Producer Bob Weinstock
Mal Waldron chronology
Mal-1
(1957)		 Mal/2
(1957)

Mal-1 is the debut album by the jazz pianist and composer Mal Waldron. It was released through Prestige Records in May 1957. [1] [2] [3] It was recorded in November 1956.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

A contemporaneous review by John S. Wilson stated that trumpeter Idrees Sulieman and alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce "play unusually well while Waldron contributes several provocative compositions and arrangements (especially a version of 'Yesterdays' that is a remarkably interesting rewriting of a real warhorse) and plays with typically dark, warm charm". [6] The AllMusic review by Jim Todd stated, "Mal Waldron's recording debut as a leader presents the pianist with his many gifts already well developed". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 4:51
  2. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 7:47
  3. "Transfiguration" (Lee Sears = Gigi Gryce) – 7:17
  4. "Bud Study" – 5:48 (Mal Waldron)
  5. "Dee's Dilemma" – 6:58 (Mal Waldron)
  6. "Shome" (Idrees Sulieman) – 5:07
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, on November 9, 1956.

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "May Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box . New York: The Cashbox Publishing Co. May 11, 1957. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Reviews and Ratings of New Albums" (PDF). The Billboard . Cincinnati: The Billboard Publishing Co. May 27, 1957. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  3. ↑ Mal Waldron discography accessed February 21, 2011
  4. 1 2 Todd, J. AllMusic Review accessed February 21, 2011
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard and Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.), p. 1454. Penguin.
  6. ↑ Wilson, John S. (1959) The Collector's Jazz: Modern, pp. 297–298. J.B. Lippincott.
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