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	Mal Waldron: Four Classic Albums (CD: AVID, 2 CDs) AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Mal Waldon, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. Mal 2; Left Alone; Mal 1 and Mal 4. Price: £8.99


Mal Waldron: The Quest (CD: New Jazz/ Fantasy- US Import) Pitting an urgent Booker Ervin up against a fiery Dolphy, The Quest is an outstanding inside-out album, full of contrasts and intriguing colours- Dolphy's regular clarinet on 'Warm Canto' for instance (ignore the less-than-perfect intonation of Ron Carter's cello scraping however). The bustling conflict of 'Status Seeking', where the Texan's shouting tenor is almost blown away by Dolphy's convoluted alto, is an incredible piece overflowing with the tensions and struggles of urban living. Waldron's unique style, owing much to Bud and Monk, has rarely sounded as purposeful as this. A New Jazz classic. Price: £15.49


	Mal Waldron: Mal-2 (CD: Prestige- US Import) Price: £15.49


Mal Waldron: Free At Last - Extended Edition (Vinyl LP: ECM 2 LPs) Revisited and remastered, with additional takes, texts and photos, here is the very first ECM session, recorded in Ludwigsburg in November 1969, featuring the great American pianist Mal Waldron, whose resume included work with Coltrane, Mingus, Dolphy and Billie Holiday. In his original liner notes, Mal wrote: “This album represents my meeting with free jazz. Free jazz for me does not mean complete anarchy… You will hear me playing rhythmically instead of soloing on chord changes.” As Jazz Journal noted, “tough, two-handed modal blues” predominates, and the music sounds as fresh now as the day it was recorded. Indeed, the tersely-grooving “Boo” and “Rock My Soul” could be club hits half a century later. The Extended Anniversary Edition of Free At Last is issued as an audiophile vinyl double album. (ECM Records) Price: £36.99


	Mal Waldron Quintet: The Seagulls Of Kristiansund (CD: Soul Note) Live at the Village Vanguard, September 1986 with Woody Shaw (trumpet), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax, flute), Reggie Workman (bass) & Ed Blackwell (drums). Price: £12.99


Mal Waldron Trio: Our Colline's A Treasure (CD: Soul Note) Price: £12.99


	Mal Waldron Quintet: Crowd Scene (CD: Soul Note) Price: £12.99


Mal Waldron: Searching In Grenoble - The 1978 Solo Piano Concert (CD: Tompkins Square, 2 CDs) Searching In Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert is a previously unissued recording of jazz icon Mal Waldron's mesmerizing performance at the "Five Days of Jazz" series in Grenoble, France on March 23, 1978. Originally produced by the legendary André Francís and transferred from the original Radio France tapes, this is the first official release of this music in cooperation with the Mal Waldron Estate and Ina (The Institut national de l'audiovisuel). The beautifully designed, deluxe 2-CD set includes photos by K. Abe, Brian McMillen and Raymond Ross; an extensive 24-page booklet with a heartfelt statement by Mal's daughter Mala Waldron, plus essays by producer/"Jazz Detective" Zev Feldman, journalist Adam Shatz and Ina's Pascal Rozat; and interviews with modern jazz piano luminaries Ran Blake and Matthew Shipp. (Cargo Records) Price: £28.99

The Bebop Shop : Destination Out! Beyond Bebop : Mal Waldron

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