Mal/2

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Mal/2
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1957 (1957-11)
RecordedApril 19 and May 17, 1957
Genre Jazz
Length46:34
Label Prestige
Mal Waldron chronology
Mal-1
(1956)
Mal/2
(1957)
The Dealers
(1957)

Mal/2 is an album by the American jazz pianist Mal Waldron. It was released through Prestige Records in November 1957. [1] [2] [3] The CD reissue added two additional recordings from the same sessions originally released on The Dealers (1957) as bonus tracks.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4 stars stating "Waldron here leads a potent crew on an engaging and original set of arrangements. A cut above many of the relatively straightforward and blues-based hard bop dates of the time". [4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated
  1. "From This Moment On" (Cole Porter) – 6:15
  2. "J.M.'s Dream Doll" – 8:39
  3. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 8:25
  4. "One By One" – 9:41
  5. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 6:58
  6. "Potpourri" – 6:36

CD reissue

  1. "Blue Calypso" – 8:58 Bonus track on CD reissue
  2. "Falling in Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 11:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on April 19 (tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8) and May 17 (tracks 1, 3, 4), 1957.

Personnel

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  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1454. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.