''Mal-1'' is the debut 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 ...

. It was recorded in November 1956 and released on the Prestige label in May 1957.Mal Waldron discography
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Reception

A contemporaneous review by John S. Wilson stated that trumpeter Idrees Sulieman and alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce "play unusually well while Waldron contributes several provocative compositions and arrangements (especially a version of Yesterdays that is a remarkably interesting rewriting of a real warhorse) and plays with typically dark, warm charm".Wilson, John S. (1959) ''The Collector's Jazz: Modern'', pp. 297–298. J.B. Lippincott. The Allmusic review by Jim Todd awarded the album 4 stars, stating "Mal Waldron's recording debut as a leader presents the pianist with his many gifts already well developed".Todd, J
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Track listing

# "Stablemates" (

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) – 4:51 # " Yesterdays" ( Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 7:47 # "Transfiguration" (

Lee Sears Gigi Gryce (born George General Grice Jr.; November 28, 1925 – March 14, 1983), later Basheer Qusim, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator. While his performing career was relatively short ...

= Gigi Gryce) – 7:17 # "Bud Study" – 5:48 (Mal Waldron) # "Dee's Dilemma" – 6:58 (Mal Waldron) # "Shome" ( Idrees Sulieman) – 5:07 :*Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on November 9, 1956.

Personnel

– piano * Idrees Sulieman – trumpet * Gigi Gryce –

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References

{{Authority control Prestige Records albums Mal Waldron albums 1957 albums Albums produced by Bob Weinstock Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums recorded in a home studio