Mal-1

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title: "Mal-1" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["prestige-records-albums", "mal-waldron-albums", "1957-albums", "albums-produced-by-bob-weinstock", "albums-recorded-at-van-gelder-studio", "albums-recorded-in-a-home-studio"] topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal-1" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Mal-1
type	Album
artist	Mal Waldron
cover	Mal-1.jpg
released
recorded	November 9, 1956
genre	Jazz
length	37:48
label	Prestige
producer	Bob Weinstock
chronology	Mal Waldron
next_title	Mal/2
next_year	1957
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| name = Mal-1 | type = Album | artist = Mal Waldron | cover = Mal-1.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = November 9, 1956 | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 37:48 | label = Prestige | producer = Bob Weinstock | chronology = Mal Waldron | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Mal/2 | next_year = 1957

Mal-1 is the debut album by the jazz pianist and composer Mal Waldron. It was released through Prestige Records in May 1957. It was recorded in November 1956.

Reception

| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz | rev2Score = A contemporaneous review by John S. Wilson stated that trumpeter Idrees Sulieman and alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce "play unusually well while Waldron contributes several provocative compositions and arrangements (especially a version of 'Yesterdays' that is a remarkably interesting rewriting of a real warhorse) and plays with typically dark, warm charm". The AllMusic review by Jim Todd stated, "Mal Waldron's recording debut as a leader presents the pianist with his many gifts already well developed".

Track listing

1. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 4:51
2. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 7:47
3. "Transfiguration" (Lee Sears = Gigi Gryce) – 7:17
4. "Bud Study" – 5:48 (Mal Waldron)
5. "Dee's Dilemma" – 6:58 (Mal Waldron)
6. "Shome" (Idrees Sulieman) – 5:07 :*Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, on November 9, 1956.

Personnel

• Mal Waldron – piano
• Idrees Sulieman – trumpet
• Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
• Julian Euell – bass
• Arthur Edgehill – drums

References

References

1. (May 11, 1957). "May Album Releases". The Cashbox Publishing Co..
2. (May 27, 1957). "Reviews and Ratings of New Albums". The Billboard Publishing Co..
3. [http://www.jazzdisco.org/mal-waldron/catalog/#prestige-prlp-7090 Mal Waldron discography] accessed February 21, 2011
4. Cook, Richard and Morton, Brian (2008) ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' (9th ed.), p. 1454. Penguin.
5. Wilson, John S. (1959) ''The Collector's Jazz: Modern'', pp. 297–298. J.B. Lippincott.
6. Todd, J. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/mal-1-r149612/review AllMusic Review] accessed February 21, 2011

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