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.
Mal Waldron - piano with
CD1/CD2:
- Woody Shaw - trumpet,
- Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone,
- Reggie Workman - bass,
- Ed Blackwell - drums.
CD3/CD4:
- Sonny Fortune - alto saxophone,
- Ricky Ford - tenor saxophone,
- Reggie Workman - bass,
- Eddie Moore - drums.
Disc 1: Mal Waldron. The Hit Go - Live At The Village Vanguard (1986)
1.Status Seeking
2.The Git Go
Disc 2: Mal Waldron. The Seagulls Of Kristiansund (1986)
1.Snake Out
2.Judy
3.The Seagulls Of Kristiansund
Disc 3: Mal Waldron. Crowd Scene (1989)
1.Crowd Scene
2.Yin And Yang
Disc 4: Mal Waldron.Where Are You? (1989)
1.Where Are You? (Take I)
2.Waltz For Marianne
3.Wha's Nine?
