Malcolm Earl Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
jazzJazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
and
world musicWorld music is the traditional music or folk music of a culture that is created and played by indigenous musicians that is closely related to the music of the regions of their origin.-Terminology:...
pianistA pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
and
composerA composer is a person who creates music, usually by musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of...
, born in
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.
Like his contemporaries, Waldron's roots lie chiefly in the
hard bopHard bop is a style of jazz that is an extension of bebop music. Hard bop incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing.David H...
and post-
bopBebop or bop is a style of jazz characterized by fast tempo, instrumental virtuosity and improvisation based on the combination of harmonic structure and melody. It was developed in the early and mid-1940s...
genres of the New York club scene of the 1950s; but with time, he gravitated more towards
free jazzFree jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s.Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
and composition. He is known for his dissonant chord voicings and distinctive playing style, which was originally inspired by
Thelonious MonkThelonious Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer who, according to The Penguin Guide to Jazz, was "one of the giants of American music"...
.
After obtaining a
B.A.Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
in music from Queen's College, New York, he worked in
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
in the early 1950s with
Ike QuebecIke Abrams Quebec was a jazz tenor saxophonist. His surname is pronounced KYOO-bek....
, "Big Nick" Nicholas, and
rhythm and bluesRhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s...
groups.
Malcolm Earl Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
jazzJazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
and
world musicWorld music is the traditional music or folk music of a culture that is created and played by indigenous musicians that is closely related to the music of the regions of their origin.-Terminology:...
pianistA pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
and
composerA composer is a person who creates music, usually by musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of...
, born in
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
.
Like his contemporaries, Waldron's roots lie chiefly in the
hard bopHard bop is a style of jazz that is an extension of bebop music. Hard bop incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing.David H...
and post-
bopBebop or bop is a style of jazz characterized by fast tempo, instrumental virtuosity and improvisation based on the combination of harmonic structure and melody. It was developed in the early and mid-1940s...
genres of the New York club scene of the 1950s; but with time, he gravitated more towards
free jazzFree jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s.Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
and composition. He is known for his dissonant chord voicings and distinctive playing style, which was originally inspired by
Thelonious MonkThelonious Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer who, according to The Penguin Guide to Jazz, was "one of the giants of American music"...
.
Early years
After obtaining a
B.A.Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
in music from Queen's College, New York, he worked in
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
in the early 1950s with
Ike QuebecIke Abrams Quebec was a jazz tenor saxophonist. His surname is pronounced KYOO-bek....
, "Big Nick" Nicholas, and
rhythm and bluesRhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s...
groups. He worked frequently with
Charles MingusCharles Mingus, Jr. was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and pianist. He was also known for his activism against racial injustice....
from 1954 to 1956 and was
Billie Holiday Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing...
's regular accompanist from 1957 until her death in 1959. He also supervised recording sessions for
Prestige RecordsPrestige Records was founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock. The label's name was initially New Jazz, but changed to Prestige Records the next year. Its catalog contains a significant number of jazz classics, including renowned works by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk and many...
, for which he provided arrangements and compositions of which arguably his most famous, "Soul Eyes", became a widely recorded
jazz standardJazz standards are musical compositions which are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive list of jazz standards, and the list of songs deemed to be...
. After Holiday's death he chiefly led his own groups.
Waldron had a unique yet instantly recognizable playing style. He finessed thick and rich chords in the lower bass register; although sometimes compared to
Bud PowellEarl Rudolph "Bud" Powell was an American Jazz pianist. Powell has been described as one of "the two most significant pianists of the style of modern jazz that came to be known as bop", the other being his friend and contemporary Thelonious Monk...
and Thelonius Monk for his dissonant voicings, his emphasis on weight, texture and frequent repetition of a single and simple motif as opposed to linear and melodic improvisation gave a heavy and melancholic color to his sound. Considered somewhat of an avant-gardist, his solo style - which often produced more of a wall of sound than a line of melody - was in stark contrast to more traditional and technical players of his time. Waldron became something of an unsung legend for his uncanny ability to play very slow, deep and even disturbing ballads bordering on sorrow, while himself sitting perfectly motionless, stoic and stolid at the piano, his face devoid of all emotion.
He was frequently recorded, both as a leader and sideman, with, among others,
John ColtraneJohn William "Trane" Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
,
Eric DolphyEric Allan Dolphy was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist. Dolphy was one of several groundbreaking jazz alto players to rise to prominence in the 1960s. He was also the first important bass clarinet soloist in jazz, and among the earliest significant flute soloists...
,
Clifford JordanClifford Laconia Jordan was a jazz saxophone player.Jordan had his own sound on tenor saxophone almost from the start. He gigged around Chicago with Max Roach, Sonny Stitt, and some R&B groups before moving to New York in 1957...
,
Booker LittleBooker Little, Jr was an American jazz trumpeter and composer.Despite his premature death from kidney failure at the age of 23, Little made an important contribution to jazz...
,
Steve LacyThis article is about the jazz musician. For the CEO of Meredith, see Steve Lacy .Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York, was a jazz soprano saxophonist and composer....
,
Jackie McLeanJohn Lenwood McLean was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. -Biography:McLean's father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra...
,
Donald ByrdDonaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter.-Early life and education:...
,
EmbryoEmbryo are considered one of the most important German Krautrock bands of the 1970s. The musical collective from Munich has been active since 1969, although its story started in the mid fifties in Hof where Christian Burchard and Dieter Serfas met for the first time at the age of 10.-Band...
and
Archie SheppArchie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African race, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and his...
.
Besides performing, he composed for films (
The Cool WorldThe Cool World is a 1964 film about life in the African-American ghetto in the early 1960s. It stars Hampton Clanton, Yolanda Rodríguez, Bostic Felton, Gary Bolling, Antonio Fargas, Carl Lee and Clarence Williams III....
,
Three Bedrooms in Manhattan and
Sweet Love Bitter), theatre, and ballet. In 1963 he had a major nervous breakdown, and had to re-learn his skills, apparently by listening to his own records. Waldron's playing style re-emerged more brooding, starker and percussive, combining
bebopBebop or bop is a style of jazz characterized by fast tempo, instrumental virtuosity and improvisation based on the combination of harmonic structure and melody. It was developed in the early and mid-1940s...
and
avant-gardeAvant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English, to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
melodies, and at times weaving repetitive melodic motifs using just a few notes over a drone like accompaniment figure.
Europe
After working on a film score in Europe he moved there permanently in 1965 initially living in
MunichMunich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg...
,
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
and in his last years he was based in
BrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium...
,
BelgiumThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
. He performed and recorded extensively throughout Europe and Japan in his later decades, regularly returned to the United States for bookings.
His 1969 album,
Free At Last, was the first ever release on the
ECMECM is a record label founded in Munich, Germany, in 1969 by Manfred Eicher. ECM is best known for jazz music, but has released a wide variety of recordings, the artists associated with it often refusing to acknowledge boundaries between genres...
label.
Through the 1980s and 1990s he worked in various settings with
Steve LacyThis article is about the jazz musician. For the CEO of Meredith, see Steve Lacy .Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York, was a jazz soprano saxophonist and composer....
, notably in soprano-piano duets playing their own compositions as well as Monk's.
After some years of indifferent health, though continuing to perform, Waldron died in December 2002 in
BrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium...
,
BelgiumThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
.
As leader
- Mal-1 (1956)
- Mal / 2
-Track listing:Track# "Potpourri" — 6:36# "J.M.'s Dream Doll" — 8:39# "Don't Explain" — 6:58# "The Way You Look Tonight" — 8:25# "From This Moment On" — 6:15# "One By One" — 9:41# "Blue Calypso" — 8:58...
(1957)
- Wheelin' & Dealin'
Wheelin' & Dealin is a 1957 album by jazz musicians Mal Waldron, John Coltrane and Frank Wess.-Track listing:# "Dealin' " — 10:00# "Dealin' " — 10:15# "Wheelin' " — 10:24# "Wheelin' " — 10:24...
(1957)
- Left Alone (1959)
- The Quest (with Eric Dolphy
Eric Allan Dolphy was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist. Dolphy was one of several groundbreaking jazz alto players to rise to prominence in the 1960s. He was also the first important bass clarinet soloist in jazz, and among the earliest significant flute soloists...
and Booker ErvinBooker Telleferro Ervin II was an American hard bop tenor saxophone player. He was perhaps best known for his association with bassist Charles Mingus....
- 1961)
- Free at Last (1969, ECM
ECM can mean:* Every Child Matters, a UK government initiative for children* Electret microphone, a type of condenser microphone* Engine Control Module, Car parts related...
)
- Tokyo Bound (1970)
- Blood and Guts - Futura Ger 13 (trio, 1970)
- The Opening - Futura Ger 20 (solo, 1970)
- The Call - JAPO 60001 (1971)
- Mal Waldron with the Steve Lacy Quintet
Mal Waldon with the Steve Lacy Quintet is an album by Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron released on the French America label in 1972. The original LP release featured three tracks and the 2005 CD reissue added two alternate takes.-Track listing:...
(with Steve LacyThis article is about the jazz musician. For the CEO of Meredith, see Steve Lacy .Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York, was a jazz soprano saxophonist and composer....
, Steve PottsSteven 'Steve' Potts is an American-born English former professional footballer. He played as a defender and is chiefly associated with his time spent at West Ham United. He also represented the English national team eleven times at youth level.Potts started his career at West Ham United F.C...
, Kent Carter, Irene Aebi, and Noel McGhee - 1972, French America)
- Up popped the devil (with Reggie Workman
Reginald "Reggie" Workman is an American avant-garde jazz and hard bop double bassist, recognized for his important work with both John Coltrane and Art Blakey.-Biography:...
and Billy HigginsBilly Higgins was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop.
- 1973, Enja RecordsEnja Records is a German jazz record label based in Munich, Germany. It was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971, initially devoted to the Jazz avant-garde....
)
- Hard Talk (with Steve Lacy
This article is about the jazz musician. For the CEO of Meredith, see Steve Lacy .Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York, was a jazz soprano saxophonist and composer....
, Manfred SchoofManfred Schoof is a German jazz trumpet player.He studied music in Kassel and Cologne.He is a founder of European free jazz and collaborated with Albert Mangelsdorff, Peter Brötzmann, Mal Waldron, and Irène Schweizer...
, Isla Eckinger, Allen Blairman - 1974, Enja RecordsEnja Records is a German jazz record label based in Munich, Germany. It was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971, initially devoted to the Jazz avant-garde....
)
- Moods (1978, Enja Records
Enja Records is a German jazz record label based in Munich, Germany. It was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971, initially devoted to the Jazz avant-garde....
)
- Live at the Dreher (with Roy Burrows - 1980, Marge)
- Live at Dreher Paris 1981 (with Steve Lacy
This article is about the jazz musician. For the CEO of Meredith, see Steve Lacy .Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York, was a jazz soprano saxophonist and composer....
- 1981, Hathut RecordsHathut Records is a Swiss record label specialising in jazz and contemporary classical music.Founded in 1975 by Werner X. Uehlinger to document the work of saxophonist / trumpeter Joe McPhee...
)
- What It Is (1981, Enja Records
Enja Records is a German jazz record label based in Munich, Germany. It was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971, initially devoted to the Jazz avant-garde....
)
- Some Jive Ass Boer (with Johnny Dyani
Johnny Mbizo Dyani was a South African jazz double bassist and pianist who played with such musicians as Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, David Murray and Leo Smith....
- 1981, Jazz Unité)
- Songs of Love and Regret (with Marion Brown
Marion Brown is a jazz alto saxophonist and ethnomusicologist. He is most well-known as a member of the 1960s avant-garde jazz scene in New York City, playing alongside musicians such as John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, and John Tchicai...
- 1985)
- The Seagulls of Kristiansund - Live at the Village Vanguard
The Village Vanguard is a jazz club in Greenwich Village in New York City on 7th Avenue South. The club opened on February 22, 1935 by Max Gordon...
(1986, Soul Note)
- Update (1986, Soul Note)
- Live at Sweet Basil (with Steve Lacy
This article is about the jazz musician. For the CEO of Meredith, see Steve Lacy .Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York, was a jazz soprano saxophonist and composer....
- 1987)
- Mal, Dance and Soul (with Jim Pepper
Jim Pepper was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and singer of Native American ancestry.-Early career:...
- 1987)
- Dedication (with David Friesen
David Friesen is an American jazz bassist born in Tacoma, Washington. Friesen plays the double bass as well as the Oregon bass, which is an electrified acoustic bass....
- 1988, Soul Note)
- Quadrologue at Utopia (with Jim Pepper
Jim Pepper was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and singer of Native American ancestry.-Early career:...
- 1989)
- Up and Down (with Chico Freeman
Chico Freeman is a modern jazz tenor saxophonist and trumpeter and son of jazz saxophonist Von Freeman...
- 1989)
- Art of the Duo (with Jim Pepper
Jim Pepper was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and singer of Native American ancestry.-Early career:...
- 1989)
- Crowd scene (with Sonny Fortune
Sonny Fortune is an American jazz alto saxophonist and flautist. He also plays soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet.-Biography:...
, Ricky FordRicky Ford is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Ford was born in Boston and studied at the New England Conservatory. In 1974 he recorded with Gunther Schuller and then played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra under Mercer Ellington from 1974 to 1976...
, Reggie WorkmanReginald "Reggie" Workman is an American avant-garde jazz and hard bop double bassist, recognized for his important work with both John Coltrane and Art Blakey.-Biography:...
, Eddie MooreEddie Deon Moore is an American football player who currently plays linebacker for the Denver Broncos. He went to high school in South Pittsburg, Tennessee...
- 1989, Soul Note)
- Into the Light: Duo, Quartet, Solo (with Christian Burchard - 1990, Materiali Sonori)
- Our Colline's a Treasure (1991, Soul Note)
- Hot House
Hot House is an album by Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron released on the RCA Novus label in 1991. It features duo performances of tunes written by Herbie Nichols, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk...
(with Steve LacyThis article is about the jazz musician. For the CEO of Meredith, see Steve Lacy .Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York, was a jazz soprano saxophonist and composer....
- 1991, Novus)
- My Dear Family (with Grover Washington, Jr.
Grover Washington Jr. was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with John Klemmer, George Benson, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre.Throughout the 1970s and 1980s,...
, Eddie Henderson-Family influence and early music history:Henderson's mother was one of the dancers in the original Cotton Club. She had a twin sister, and they were called The Brown Twins. They would dance with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and the Nicholas Brothers. In the film showing Fats Waller playing "Ain't...
, Reggie WorkmanReginald "Reggie" Workman is an American avant-garde jazz and hard bop double bassist, recognized for his important work with both John Coltrane and Art Blakey.-Biography:...
, and Pheeroan akLaffPheeroan akLaff is an American jazz drummer.
- 1993, Alfa Jazz))
- Mal, Verve, Black & Blue Live at Satiricon (1994, Tutu)
- After Hours (with Jeanne Lee
Jeanne Lee was a jazz singer. Born in New York, New York, she was one of the foremost exponents of free jazz in the vocal application. Her singing style included moods that were sensual, somber, and sensitive. She sang in styles that included standard lyrics as well as free-form scat singing...
- 1994, Owl)
- The Big Rochade (with Nicolas Simion - 1995, Tutu)
- I Remember Thelonious (with Steve Lacy
This article is about the jazz musician. For the CEO of Meredith, see Steve Lacy .Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York, was a jazz soprano saxophonist and composer....
- 1986, Jazz in’it)
- Soul Eyes (with Jeanne Lee
Jeanne Lee was a jazz singer. Born in New York, New York, she was one of the foremost exponents of free jazz in the vocal application. Her singing style included moods that were sensual, somber, and sensitive. She sang in styles that included standard lyrics as well as free-form scat singing...
and Abbey LincolnAbbey Lincoln is a jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress. Lincoln is unusual in that she writes and performs her own compositions, expanding the expectations of jazz audiences....
- 1997, RCA Victor)
- One-upmanship (with Steve Lacy
This article is about the jazz musician. For the CEO of Meredith, see Steve Lacy .Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York, was a jazz soprano saxophonist and composer....
, Manfred SchoofManfred Schoof is a German jazz trumpet player.He studied music in Kassel and Cologne.He is a founder of European free jazz and collaborated with Albert Mangelsdorff, Peter Brötzmann, Mal Waldron, and Irène Schweizer...
, Jimmy WoodeJimmy Woode was a jazz bassist. His father, also named Jimmy Woode, was a music teacher and pianist who played with Hot Lips Page...
, and Makaya NtshokoMakaya or Makhaya Ntshoko is a South African drummer.Ntshoko played with Dollar Brand's trio in 1958, and recorded in a sextet with Hugh Masekela and John Mehegan in 1959. Ntshoko plays on the Jazz Epistles album Jazz Epistle: Verse 1, one of the most prominent examples of South African hard bop...
- 1998, Enja RecordsEnja Records is a German jazz record label based in Munich, Germany. It was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971, initially devoted to the Jazz avant-garde....
)
- Left Alone Revisited (with Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African race, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and his...
- 2002, Enja RecordsEnja Records is a German jazz record label based in Munich, Germany. It was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971, initially devoted to the Jazz avant-garde....
)
- One More Time (with Steve Lacy
This article is about the jazz musician. For the CEO of Meredith, see Steve Lacy .Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York, was a jazz soprano saxophonist and composer....
and Jean-Jacques Avenel - 2002, Sketch)
- Riding A Zephyr (with Judi Silvano
Judi Silvano, born 1941 , is a jazz singer and composer. A native of Philadelphia, her singing style bears similarity to Norwegian jazz singer Karin Krog. She is a scholar of Sheila Jordan and of Jeanne Lee. Her husband is tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano....
- 2003, Soul Note)
As sideman
- Pithecanthropus Erectus (Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus, Jr. was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and pianist. He was also known for his activism against racial injustice....
, leader - 1956)
- McLean's Scene (Jackie McLean
John Lenwood McLean was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. -Biography:McLean's father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra...
, leader - 1956)
- Don't Explain (Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing...
, leader - 1956)
- Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport
Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport is a 1958 live album by Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival....
(1958)
- Blues & Roots
Blues & Roots is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded and released in 1959. It has been reissued twice as a CD, first by Atlantic Records, and then again by Rhino Entertainment in 1998.Mingus explained the birth of this record in the album's liner notes:...
(Charles MingusCharles Mingus, Jr. was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and pianist. He was also known for his activism against racial injustice....
, leader - 1960)
- At The Five Spot Vol. 1
At the Five Spot volumes one and two is a pair of jazz albums documenting one night from the end of Eric Dolphy's two-week residency at the Five Spot in New York. This was the only night to be recorded; the engineer was Rudy Van Gelder...
(Eric DolphyEric Allan Dolphy was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist. Dolphy was one of several groundbreaking jazz alto players to rise to prominence in the 1960s. He was also the first important bass clarinet soloist in jazz, and among the earliest significant flute soloists...
, leader - 1961)
- It's Time
It's Time is a 1962 album by jazz drummer Max Roach, released on Impulse! Records.Trumpeter Richard Williams, tenor-saxophonist Clifford Jordan, trombonist Julian Priester, pianist Mal Waldron and bassist Art Davis join Roach and a vocal choir conducted by Coleridge Perkinson. Abbey Lincoln also...
(Max Roach) - 1962
- Dakar
-Track listing:Track# "Dakar" — 7:07# "Mary's Blues" — 6:46# "Route 4" — 6:53# "Velvet Scene" — 4:52# "Witches Pit" — 6:40# "Catwalk" — 7:11-Personnel:Recorded April 20 1957* John Coltrane — tenor saxophone...
(John ColtraneJohn William "Trane" Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
, leader - 1963)
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