''First Encounter'' is an album by American jazz pianist

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 Wa ...

and bassist

Gary Peacock Gary George Peacock (May 12, 1935September 4, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist. He recorded a dozen albums under his own name, and also performed and recorded with major jazz figures such as avant garde saxophonist Albert Ayler, pianist ...

recorded in 1971 and released on the Japanese

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Reception

The

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review by

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awarded the album 3 stars stating "The long improvisations on the four originals (three by Waldron and one from Peacock) are melancholy, usually introverted and subtle. The interplay between Waldron and Peacock on the inside/outside music is the main asset to this obscure but generally rewarding session".Yanow, S
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Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except where noted. # "She Walks In Beauty" — 12:18 # "The Heart Of The Matter" — 11:56 # "What's That" (Gary Peacock) — 9:05 # "Walking Way" — 13:00

Personnel

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Hiroshi Murakami is a Japanese jazz drummer. Murakami began playing percussion as a teenager, and was playing in a group with Takehiro Honda at age 19. He would go on to play with Masabumi Kikuchi, Kosuke Mine, and Sadao Watanabe in the 1970s, in addition to dr ...

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References

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