CD Details
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- Released: May 13, 2003
- Label: Prestige
Tracks:
- 1.Portrait of Bud Powell, A - (live)
- 2.Soul Eyes
- 3.Potpourri
- 4.Dakar
- 5.While My Lady Sleeps
- 6.God Bless the Child
- 7.Dear Elaine
- 8.Splidium-Dow - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
- 9.Bye-Ya
- 10.Fire Waltz
- 11.Light'n Up
Product Description:
Personnel includes: Mal Waldron (piano); Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone); Eric Dolphy, Jackie McLean (alto saxophone); John Coltrane, Booker Ervin, Gene Ammons, Bobby Jaspar, Paul Quinichette (tenor saxophone); Cecil Payne, Pepper
Adams (baritone saxophone); Bill Hardman, Idrees Sulieman (trumpet); Ron Carter (cello); Teddy Charles (vibraphone); Kenny Burrell, Joe Puma (guitar); Addison Farmer, Joe Benjamin, Wendell Marshall, Doug Watkins (bass); Elvin Jones, Arthur Taylor, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Charlie Persip (drums).
Producers: Bob Weinstock, Teddy Charles, Esmond Edwards.
Compilation producer: Stuart Kremsky.
Recorded between 1955 & 1962. Includes liner notes by Stuart Kremsky.
Personnel: Mal Waldron (piano); Joe Puma, Kenny Burrell (guitar); Ron Carter (cello); Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone); Eric Dolphy, Jackie McLean (alto saxophone); Gene Ammons, John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette, Bobby Jaspar, Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone); Pepper Adams, Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone); Idrees Sulieman, Johnny Splawn, Webster Young, Bill Hardman (trumpet); Teddy Charles (vibraphone); Ed Thigpen, Elvin Jones, Jerry Segal, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Kenny Dennis, Charlie Persip (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Joe Tarantino.
Liner Note Author: Stuart Kremsky.
Recording information: 12/23/1955-09/26/1962.
Photographer: Esmond Edwards.
Arranger: Mal Waldron.
Mal Waldron was a remarkably versatile piano player, able to work in many different contexts, from Billie Holiday to Eric Dolphy. This ability made him invaluable as musical director for Prestige Records, where the recording dates were often little more than jam sessions. Soul Eyes: The Mal Waldron Memorial Album collects 11 tracks, recorded between 1955 and 1962, that Waldron played on and/or led, including a mammoth version of the title cut, featuring John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, and others, that clocks in at 17-plus minutes. Although all the cuts have been previously released (not always under Waldron's name), it's nice to have this overview of one of his most fertile periods. ~ Sean Westergaard
