Mal Waldron

piano, composition · 1925–2002 · New York

American pianist, composer and arranger born in New York, a professional from 1950 and an accompanist to Charles Mingus and Billie Holiday. Based in Europe from the mid-1960s, he is known for his dissonant voicings and repeated patterns; he died in Brussels in 2002.

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Styles

• Hard bop
• Free jazz

Landmark tracks

• Left Alone (1959)
• Catwalk (1959)
• Minor Pulsation (1959)
• Airegin (1959)

Sources

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