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MAL WALDRON ~ JAZZ

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 university. 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 internationally until his death.

In his 50-year career, Waldron recorded more than 100 albums under his own name and more than 70 for other band leaders. He also wrote for modern ballet, and composed the scores of several feature films. As a pianist, Waldron's roots lay chiefly in the hard bop and post-bop genres of the New York club scene of the 1950s, but with time he gravitated more towards free jazz. He is known for his dissonant chord voicings and distinctive later playing style, which featured repetition of notes and motifs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_Waldron


Mal Waldron "All Alone" Piano Solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFmpbd5ku4s


Mal Waldron plays the blues - Miles and Miles of Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gwBTrU_VUQ


Mal Waldron & Jeanne Lee "Every Time We Say Goodbye"(Cole Porter)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJbXnqnKlMI


Mal Waldron - No More Tears ( Jeanne Lee vocals )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5SDAsxupQE


Mal Waldron - Three Gymnopedies, No. 1 (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppguMAJiqK8


Mal Waldron - Gemnopedie #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8qJMqD1d54


Mal Waldron Plays Erik Satie - Desespoir Agreeable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYLN9FbuSRM


Mal Waldron Trio - Waltz for My Mother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7wFgx0BLGk

Mal Waldron Trio - 'Round Midnight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCEMiwzJl9Y


Mal Waldron Trio - You and the Night and the Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ai1FannKM


Mal Waldron Trio - You Stepped Out of a Dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS6IMy_TpHs


Mal Waldron — Impressions — Champs Élysées
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JvgjdmTWf8


John Coltrane & Mal Waldron - One By One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtmBWrLTMZc


John Coltrane & Mal Waldron - The Way You Look Tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7slMBGUBpU


Charlie Mariano & Mal Waldron Trio - The Thrill Is Gone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAdZhP6mQi4


Charlie Mariano & Mal Waldron Trio - Autumn Leaves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V26-N6Bg_I


Mal Waldron Trio - J.M.'s Dream Doll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laD9Gw8zmRw


Mal Waldron: "By Myself" from LP: "Mal/4" - 1958
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSn96s6RPhs


Mal Waldron - Eleanor Rigby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWzcy1HJ4SE


Mal Waldron - Suicide Is Painless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7RStk30FjM


Andrew Hill and Mal Waldron - Evidence (Monk)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb3rcT1mOjk


Mal Waldron - All That Funk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CSj1jx_B0Y


Mal Waldron - Soul Eyes (Mal Waldron)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO7eroROBek


Mal Waldron & Jim Pepper - "Ruby My Dear"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuDAUy3Mu8k


Mal Waldron - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e07hDkSQg5M


MAL WALDRON & GARY PEACOCK - First Encounter 1971
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgckQmjUtcU


A Portrait Of Mal Waldron (Full Documentary) 1997
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3XJ5x8mbxM


MAL WALDRON Quintet: LIVE At VILLAGE VANGUARD, 1985; ft WOODY SHAW-C.ROUSE-R.WORKMAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnHBM59T0Wc


Mal Waldron - 'The Seagulls of Kristiansund'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCT7TsTWK-E


Mal Waldron Trio - Blood And Guts (Waldron)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfaAKED-U7k


Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - Blues for Aïda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQSJltLNWkw


Mal Waldron & Marion Brown - My Funny Valentine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxAwFi3UULw


Mal Waldron - Prelude No.4 (Chopin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZWCMbATAvQ


Mal Waldron - As Time Goes By
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG_AwjTQXaM


Mal Waldron - He's My Father (by Mal Waldron)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5rhTnTW-QY


Mal Waldron & Max Roach - Mistral Breeze (Mal Waldron)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZPS06fMBqE


MAL WALDRON & JACKIE McLEAN - Cat Walk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldDKkcF0TLc


Mal Waldron Trio - Ten Shades Of Blue (Full Album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8-C1YjSWds


Mal Waldron - The Dealers ( Full Album )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coCP0zsyWtw


Mal Waldron - A Touch Of The Blues LP 1972
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipQKzLdBDxg