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The Call (Mal Waldron Album)
''The Call'' is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1971 and released on the JAPO label.Mal Waldron discography accessed February 24, 2011 The album was the first release on the short-lived European jazz label. It is Waldron's only album as a bandleader to feature him playing the . Reception awarded the album 3 stars. It was included as one of the 640 albums covered in the 2013 Japanese book ''Obscure Sound'', written by Chee Shimizu. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mal Waldron
Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) 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. A breakdown caused by a drug overdose in 1963 left Waldron unable to play or remember any music; he regained his skills gradually, while redeveloping his speed of thought. He left the U.S. permanently in the mid-1960s, settled in Europe, and continued touring interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |