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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | March 10, 1986 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 56:36 | |||
| Label | Soul Note | |||
| Producer | Giovanni Bonandrini | |||
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Update is an album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1987. [1] It features solo performances recorded in Milan, Italy.
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "This solo set by pianist Mal Waldron serves as a perfect introduction to his unique style during the more recent part of his career... It is always very interesting to hear musicians who started out in straightforward hard bop stretching themselves and playing quite freely. This recording rewards repeated listenings." [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.
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Only Monk is the third album by Steve Lacy to be released on the Italian Soul Note label. It features solo performances of nine tunes written by Thelonious Monk by Lacy. It is the second solo album composed totally of Monk's compositions recorded by Lacy following Eronel (1979) and follows a tradition established on Lacy's second album Reflections (1958) and Epistrophy (1969).
Sempre Amore is an album by Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1987. It features duo performances of tunes written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.
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Verona Rag is an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill recorded in 1986 and released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1987. The solo album features three of Hill's original compositions and two jazz standards.
Faces of Hope is an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill, recorded in 1980 and released on the Italian Soul Note label. The album features three of Hill's original compositions and one interpretation of a Lee Morgan tune.
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Mal/3: Sounds is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1958 and released on the New Jazz label.
Mal/4: Trio is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1958 and released on the New Jazz label.
The Quest is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1961 and released on the New Jazz label in July 1962. Some reissues of the album have appeared under Eric Dolphy's name.
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.
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.
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".
The Git Go - Live at the Village Vanguard is a live album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded at the Village Vanguard and released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1987.
Our Colline's a Treasure is an album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1987 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.
After Hours is an album by jazz singer Jeanne Lee and pianist Mal Waldron, recorded in 1994 and released on the Owl label. The album was released in the US on Sunnyside Records in 2003.
Epistrophy is an album of solo piano performances of material written by, or associated with, Thelonious Monk by the American jazz pianist Ran Blake recorded in 1991 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.
Give It Up is an album by American jazz saxophonist Jimmy Lyons recorded in 1985 for the Italian Black Saint label.
Tango Palace is a solo album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley recorded in 1983 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.