Mal Waldron Sextet: Mal/2 - Original Jazz Classics Series [Vinyl 1LP 180g]

Straightahead / Hard Bop / Post Bop
premiera polska: 2023-07-28
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Gatefoldowe etui
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Opis wydawcy:
Pierwotnie wydany w 1957 roku album zatytułowany "Mal/2" zawiera największe ówczesne nazwiska w świecie jazzu. Podczas dwóch koncertów "Mal-2" do Waldrona (fortepian) dołączają saksofoniści: John Coltrane, Jackie McLean i Sahib Shihab, trębacze Bill Hardman i Idrees Sulieman, perkusiści Ed Thigpen i Arthur Taylor oraz basista Julian Euell.
Urodzony w Nowym Jorku Waldron fascynował się głównie gatunkami hard bop, post-bop i free jazz. Jest znany ze swoich charakterystycznych głosów akordowych i oryginalnego stylu, który pierwotnie był inspirowany grą Theloniousa Monka.

Editor's Info:
Pianist Mal Waldron was a prolific composer, arranger and musician who released more than 100 albums as a leader (including numerous film scores) during a career that spanned five decades. Respected for his versatility and bluesy, innovative style, Waldron also served as house pianist for Prestige Records and was a sought-after accompanist, playing for Billie Holiday and Abbey Lincoln and serving as a sideman for Charles Mingus, John Coltrane and Eric Among others, Dolphy.

By 1957, Waldron was ready to strike out on his own Mal/1 and a few months later Mal/2 . While his debut was well received, Mal/2 found the pianist taking his work to the next level - recruiting some of the most exciting musicians of the era. In addition to trumpeter Idrees Sulieman and bassist Julian Euell (both of whom performed Mal/1 ), Waldron was joined by rising star John Coltrane (tenor sax), who had recently recorded his own debut as a leader. Sahib Shihab (alto/baritone sax), Jackie McLean (alto sax), and Bill Hardman (trumpet) also participated on horns, while Ed Thigpen and Art… Taylor handled drums.

"Before becoming an expatriate in 1965 and eventually settling in Munich, pianist Mal Waldron cut several stateside hard bop albums full of his idiosyncratic and Monk-ish piano work, and featuring choice contributions by some of the music's finest. For this 1957 date, Waldron worked with a stellar sextet interchangeably manned by John Coltrane, Jackie McLean, Idrees Sulieman, Art… Taylor, and others. Bookended by the pianist's ebullient "Potpourri" and the avant-noir blues "One by One," the set also includes a fetching cover of Cole Porter's "From This Moment On" and a beautifully complex arrangement of Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain." (Waldron was Holiday's accompanist for the last two years of the singer's life until her death in 1959.) Solo highlights include McLean's keenly constructed solo on Waldron's "J.M.'s Dream Doll" (dedicated to the alto saxophonist and his wife) and Sulieman's incredibly rich and supple trumpet work on "One by One." For his part, Coltrane is in good form throughout, save for a few sour notes and some faltering solos; at this time Coltrane was still coming into his own and a few years shy of the masterful hard bop sides he would record for Atlantic. Waldron here leads a potent crew on an engaging and original set of arrangements. A cut above many of the relatively straightforward and blues-based hard bop dates of the time." (Stephen Cook, AMG)

muzycy:
Mal Waldron — piano
John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
Idrees Sulieman (tracks 1, 3, 4), Bill Hardman (tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8) — trumpet
Sahib Shihab — alto saxophone and baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4)
Jackie McLean — alto saxophone (tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Julian Euell — bass
Ed Thigpen (tracks 1, 3, 4), Art Taylor (tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8) — drums

utwory:
A1. From This Moment On
A2. J.M.’s Dream Doll
A3. The Way You Look Tonight
B1. One By One
B2. Don’t Explain
B3. Potpourri

wydano: Jul 28, 2023 (1957)
nagrano: Recorded April 19 (A2, B2, B3) and May 17 (A1, A3, B1), 1957 in NYC

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