Mal/2

{{Infobox album

| name = Mal/2

| type = Album

| artist = Mal Waldron

| cover = Mal-2.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1957|11}}

| recorded = April 19 and May 17, 1957

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 46:34

| label = Prestige

| producer =

| chronology = Mal Waldron

| prev_title = Mal-1

| prev_year = 1956

| next_title = The Dealers

| next_year = 1957

}}

Mal/2 is an album by the American jazz pianist Mal Waldron. It was released through Prestige Records in November 1957.{{Cite book |last=DeVito |first=Chris |title=The John Coltrane Reference |last2=Fujioka |first2=Yasuhiro |last3=Schmaler |first3=Wolf |last4=Wild |first4=David |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |url=https://www.routledge.com/The-John-Coltrane-Reference/Porter-DeVito-Wild-Fujioka-Schmaler/p/book/9780415634632 |access-date=2 January 2020 |isbn=9780415634632 |editor-last=Porter |editor-first=Lewis |editor-link=Lewis Porter |location=New York/Abingdon |page=463}}{{cite news |editor-last1=Parnes |editor-first1=Sid|title=November Album Releases |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/50s/1957/CB-1957-11-09-OCR-Page-0033.pdf|work=The Cash Box|page=33|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181859/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/50s/1957/CB-1957-11-09-OCR-Page-0033.pdf|archive-date=July 9, 2021|url-status=live|publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co.|location=New York |date=November 9, 1957}}[http://www.jazzdisco.org/mal-waldron/catalog/#prestige-prlp-7111 Mal Waldron discography] accessed February 21, 2011 The CD reissue added two additional recordings from the same sessions originally released on The Dealers (1957) as bonus tracks.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4 stars stating "Waldron here leads a potent crew on an engaging and original set of arrangements. A cut above many of the relatively straightforward and blues-based hard bop dates of the time".Cook, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/mal2-prestige-7111-r149613/review Allmusic Review] accessed February 21, 2011

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1454}}

}}

Track listing

:All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated

"From This Moment On" (Cole Porter) – 6:15
"J.M.'s Dream Doll" – 8:39
"The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 8:25
"One By One" – 9:41
"Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 6:58
"Potpourri" – 6:36

CD reissue

"Blue Calypso" – 8:58 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Falling in Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 11:39 Bonus track on CD reissue

:*Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on April 19 (tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8) and May 17 (tracks 1, 3, 4), 1957.

Personnel

Mal Waldron — piano
John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
Idrees Sulieman (tracks 1, 3, 4), Bill Hardman (tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8) — trumpet
Sahib Shihab — alto saxophone and baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4)
Jackie McLean — alto saxophone (tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Julian Euell — bass
Ed Thigpen (tracks 1, 3, 4), Art Taylor (tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8) — drums

References

Category:Prestige Records albums

Category:Mal Waldron albums

Category:1957 albums

Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio

Category:Albums recorded in a home studio