Mal Waldron Sextet with John Coltrane - Mal 2 (1957) [Prestige 7111] - 320Kbps - Jazz # DrBNseeders: 7
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Mal Waldron Sextet with John Coltrane - Mal 2 (1957) [Prestige 7111] - 320Kbps - Jazz # DrBN (Size: 154.26 MB)
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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, “Mal 2” (Prestige 7111), Waldron worked with a stellar sextet featuring John Coltrane, Jackie McLean, Idrees Sulieman, Bill Hardman and Sahib Shihab. 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.) 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. Mal Waldron Sextet with John Coltrane Mal 2 [Prestige 7111] 1957  CD / 1991 / Remastered / 320Kbps Tracklist: 1. Potpourri 2. J.M.'s Dream Doll 3. Don't Explain 4. Blue Calypso [#] 5. Falling In Love With Love [#] 6. The Way You Look Tonight 7. From This Moment On 8. One By One Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, NJ on April 19 (#1-5) and May 17 (#6-8), 1957 Personnel: Mal Waldron — piano John Coltrane — tenor saxophone Bill Hardman, Idrees Sulieman — trumpet Sahib Shihab — alto saxophone and baritone saxophone Jackie McLean — alto saxophone Julian Euell — bass Art Taylor, Ed Thigpen — drums Mal Waldron / Mal 2 [Prestige 7111]1957 Sharing Widget |