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Ron Carter, Eric Dolphy, Mal Waldron – Where? (1961/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 36:00 minutes | 422 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Prestige Records
Ron Carter, who came to prominence as the bassist for Miles Davis’s second great quintet in the 1960s, made his first date as a leader with 1961’s „Where?“. The band features the great Eric Dolphy on flute, saxophone, and bass clarinet, drummer Charlie Persip, pianist Mal Waldron, and bassist George Duvivier (who engages in occasional dialogue with Carter’s cello).
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Mal Waldron – Left Alone (Remastered 2014) (1959/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:26 minutes | 456 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Bethlehem Records
Pianist Mal Waldron had a brooding chordal style, initially influenced by Thelonious Monk but quite individual. He was flexible enough to fit into both hard bop and avant-garde settings. Originally Waldron played jazz on the alto sax and classical music on piano but, while at Queens College, he decided to switch to jazz piano. His associations with Charles Mingus from 1954 to 1956 and with Billie Holiday as her last accompanist from 1957 to her death in 1959 gave him a much higher profile. This 1959 session yielded a concept album of sorts; subtitled Mal Waldron Plays Moods of Billie Holiday, it’s dedicated to Holiday. Frequent collaborator Jackie McLean plays alto sax on Waldron’s signature tune, the title track, which Waldron co-wrote with Lady Day.
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