Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron (1925-2002) was an American jazz pianist and composer, born in New York City, who settled in Europe in the 1960s and died in Brussels. He is known as Billie Holiday's last regular accompanist, as the author of the standard "Soul Eyes", and for a piano style built on dissonant voicings and repeated motifs that moved towards free jazz in his European years, across more than a hundred albums as a leader.
A Touch Of The Blues
Nuremberg, East-West Jazz Festival, 6 May 1972. Mal Waldron's trio with Jimmy Woode, the former Ellington bassist, and Allen Blairman on drums. Three long pieces, all by Waldron, taped live and issued by Enja only in 1975.
Waldron had settled in Euro…
Hard Talk
Nuremberg, East-West Festival, 4 May 1974. Mal Waldron's quintet with Steve Lacy on soprano, Manfred Schoof on cornet, Isla Eckinger and Allen Blairman. Four Waldron compositions, live; AllMusic gives it four and a half stars and calls it a strong se…
What It Is
Vanguard Studios, New York, 15 November 1981. Mal Waldron with Clifford Jordan on tenor, Cecil McBee on bass and Dannie Richmond on drums, two weeks after the same quartet had played a Columbia University concert. Produced by Horst Weber for Enja, re…
Black Glory
One of the first Enja records, the fourth in the catalogue according to AllMusic, recorded live at the Domicile club in Munich in June 1971. Mal Waldron in trio with Jimmy Woode, the former Ellington bassist, and the Swiss drummer Pierre Favre. The s…
Sweet Love, Bitter
On Sweet Love, Bitter, Mal Waldron turns a fictional portrait of Charlie Parker’s final years into a darkly luminous suite of cinematic jazz. His lyricism, tension and blues‑stained restraint guide a formidable 1967 ensemble through music that moves …
Free At Last (LP)
Promotional copy of the 1970 album on ECM (the label's first release!). With insert.
Mingus Lives (LP)
1981 priginal Japanese edition on Enja Records of the 1979 live album. With insert and obi.
At The Five Spot (2LP)
1970's Japan-only 2LP compilation on Prestige with live recordings from 1961 featuring Mal Waldron. With obi.
At The Five Spot (2LP)
1970's Japan-only 2LP compilation on Prestige with live recordings from 1961 featuring Mal Waldron.
At The Five Spot Volume 1 (LP)
1978 Japanese re-issue on Prestige's "Jazztime Now!!" series of the 1961 live album featuring Mal Waldron and Booker Little. With insert.
At The Five Spot Volume 1 (LP)
1991 Japanese re-issue on New Jazz's "Gold Of G.D. 100" series of the 1961 live album featuring Mal Waldron and Booker Little. With insert.
Where? (LP)
1972 US re-issue with different cover on Prestige's "Jazz Classics Series" of the 1962 album featuring Ron Carter and Mal Waldron.
Dash One (LP)
Original Japanese edition on Prestige's "Collection of Unreleased Music by Jazz Giants" series of the 1983 album with previously unreleased recordings from 1960/61 featuring Jaki Byard, Mal Waldron, Ron Carter, Booker Little and Freddie Hubbard. With…
Dash One (LP)
Original Japanese edition on Prestige's "Collection of Unreleased Music by Jazz Giants" series of the 1983 album with previously unreleased recordings from 1960/61 featuring Jaki Byard, Mal Waldron, Ron Carter, Booker Little and Freddie Hubbard. With…
Eric Dolphy & Booker Little Remembered Live At Sweet Basil (LP)
Original Japanese edition on King Records / Paddle Wheel of the 1986 live album. With insert and obi.
Live at Yoshi's 1994
On Live at Yoshi’s 1994, Mal Waldron and Steve Lacy turn a decades‑deep partnership into a single, extended act of listening, folding Monk, Ellington, Strayhorn and their own themes into a stark, tensile dialogue where every note feels earned.
Candy Girl
An electrified meeting of minds, Candy Girl is a lost 1975 session by jazz pianist Mal Waldron, recorded in Paris with core members of the mighty Lafayette Afro Rock Band, the American funk unit who had made France their home and whose deep grooves w…
The Quest
2025 stock Probably due to the fact that Eric Dolphy died untimely in 1964, making every one of his recorded contributions more widely sought after, pianist Mal Waldron’s album, The Quest, was reissued soon after its release under the reedman’s name.…
Rat Now…Paris 70
A never-before released Mal Waldron Trio 1970 live recordings. First official release with the full permission and cooperation of the Mal Waldron Estate & INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel).
Free At Last - Extended Edition
Revisited and remastered, with additional takes, texts and photos, here is the very first ECM session, recorded in Ludwigsburg in November 1969, featuring the great American pianist Mal Waldron, whose resume included work with Coltrane, Mingus, Dolph…
The Mighty Warriors: Live In Antwerp
The package includes reflections by producer Zev Feldman and acclaimed jazz writer Adam Shatz, as well as the testimonies of the concert’s bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer Andrew Cyrille. The extensive booklet also contains interviews with Jane Bu…
First Encounter
After playing with Mingus, Coltrane, Lady Day and Abbey Lincoln, inventive jazz pianist Mal Waldron moved to Europe and first reached Japan in 1970, where he met Idahoborn double-bassist Gary Peacock, who had played with Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Bill E…
Eric Dolphy At The Five Spot To Iron Man (Revisited)
Temporary Super Offer! "Eric Dolphy’s legacy is well represented by these performances from The Five Spot and the sessions supervised by Alan Douglas. They confirm him to be an artist who straddled the divide then so deep in jazz, drawing sustenance…
Songs Of Love And Regret
Recorded on November 9 and 10, 1985, at Gimmick Studio, Yerres, France Digital mastering at Translab Studios, Paris
Update
** original copy ** Recorded in Italy in 1986, this solo set by Mal Waldron draws from a rich range of sources and traditions. Update songs An inventive composer, arranger and player, these six pieces combines melodic directness with percussive harmo…
Searching in Grenoble : The 1978 Solo Piano Concert
Searching In Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert is a previously unissued recording of jazz icon Mal Waldron's mesmerizing performance at the "Five Days of Jazz" series in Grenoble, France on March 23, 1978. Waldron was Billie Holiday’s final accom…
French Story
* 180 gram yellow audiophile vinyl* This is a much better album than the title might suggest. Wilen still has the blend of tasteful restraint and inventiveness which marked his memorable duet with Miles Davis for the soundtrack of L’Ascenseur Pour L’…
Modal-Air
The great Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron makes his debut on Naked Lunch with a collection of his own compositions recorded in New York City during the early '60s in a trio formation with George Tucker on bass and Al Dreares on the drums. The composing sk…
Some Jive Ass Boer “Live At Jazz Unité”
*2022 stock.* Futura Marge presents Some Jive Ass Boer / Live at Jazz Unité by John Dyani (double bass, piano & vocals) & Mal Waldron (piano) - Guest on one track : Pablo Sauvage (percussion)Recorded live on 16 April 1981 at Jazz Unité (Paris-La Défe…
Live At The Dreher
* 2022 stock * Marge Records presents Live at Dreher by Roy Burrowes Sextet featuring Mal Waldron Roy Burrowes (trompette & bugle), Richard Raux (saxophones ténor et soprano), Mal Waldron (piano), Patrice Caratini (contrebasse) & George Brown (batter…
Blood And Guts
*2022 stock* Pianist Mal Waldron first ever live album has been released in 1970 on tiny French Futura label. It contains four longish (each - over ten minute long)compositions, recorded in May 1970 at American Cultural Center in Paris. Mal plays in …
Coolin'
An obscure and excellent 1957 session produced by master Rudy Van Gelder and originally released on Prestige Records. A tight sextet with a distinctive sound run by vibraphonist Teddy Charles, featuring great pianist Mal Waldron and some fine and oft…
Live at Centro Jazz St. Louis LP
A rare and unique meeting of two master musicians, deep and mysterious at times. Recorded on October 27th, 1979 at Centro Jazz St. Louis in Rome, Italy. The musicians are Mal Waldron (percussion) and Johnny Dyani (bass). Limited to only 70 copies, …