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Mal/2

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Mal/2
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1957 (1957-11)
RecordedApril 19 and May 17, 1957
GenreJazz
Length46:34
LabelPrestige
Mal Waldron chronology
Mal-1
(1956)
Mal/2
(1957)
The Dealers
(1957)

Mal/2 is an album by the American jazz pianist Mal Waldron. It was released through Prestige Records in November 1957.[1][2][3] The CD reissue added two additional recordings from the same sessions originally released on The Dealers (1957) as bonus tracks.

Reception

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The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4 stars stating "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".[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Track listing

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All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated
  1. "From This Moment On" (Cole Porter) – 6:15
  2. "J.M.'s Dream Doll" – 8:39
  3. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 8:25
  4. "One By One" – 9:41
  5. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 6:58
  6. "Potpourri" – 6:36

CD reissue

  1. "Blue Calypso" – 8:58 Bonus track on CD reissue
  2. "Falling in Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 11:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on April 19 (tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8) and May 17 (tracks 1, 3, 4), 1957.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 463. ISBN 9780415634632. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ Parnes, Sid, ed. (November 9, 1957). "November Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. p. 33. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 9, 2021.
  3. ^ Mal Waldron discography accessed February 21, 2011
  4. ^ a b Cook, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 21, 2011
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1454. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.