A Little Bit of Miles is a live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron

Mal Waldron

Malcolm Earl Waldron was an American jazz and world music pianist and composer, born in New York City.Like his contemporaries, Waldron's roots lie 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 and composition...

 featuring performances recorded in Leiden, Holland in 1972 and released on the Freedom

Freedom Records

Freedom Records was a jazz record label linked with the producer Alan Bates, as with his Black Lion Records.Individual recordings were distributed via Polydor Records and Transatlantic Records during the early 1970s before the company was bought by Arista Records.-Discography:*1000 Albert Ayler &...

 label. The album was rereleased on CD on Black Lion Records

Black Lion Records

Black Lion Records was a jazz record label based in London, England.Black Lion was founded by Alan Bates in 1968. The label had two series of releases, one for British jazz musicians and one for international musicians...

 in 1994 as bonus tracks on Blues for Lady Day

Blues for Lady Day

Blues for Lady Day is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring performances recorded in Baarn, Holland in 1972 and released on the Freedom label...

.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars stating "Mal Waldron is known for his dark, turbulent original compositions and this live trio engagement is no exception".

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron

1. "A.L.B.O.M. (A Little Bit of Miles)" — 18:09
2. "Here, There and Everywhere" — 17:49
   • Recorded at the Jazzzolder Hot House in Leiden, Holland on February 9, 1972

Personnel

• Mal Waldron
  Mal Waldron
  Malcolm Earl Waldron was an American jazz and world music pianist and composer, born in New York City.Like his contemporaries, Waldron's roots lie 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 and composition...
  
   — piano
  Piano
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• Henk Haverhoek — bass
  Double bass
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• Pierre Courbois
  Pierre Courbois
  Sir Pierre Courbois is a Dutch jazz-drummer, bandleader and composer.After studying percussion at the Hogeschool der Kunsten in Arnhem, Courbois left for Paris, the center of Jazz in Europe in the early 1960s...
  
   — drums
  Drum kit
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