Mal/3: Sounds

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{{Infobox album

| name = Mal/3: Sounds

| type = Album

| artist = Mal Waldron

| cover = Mal-3 Sounds.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1958

| recorded = January 31, 1958

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 43:52

| label = New Jazz

| producer =

| chronology = Mal Waldron

| prev_title = The Dealers

| prev_year = 1957

| next_title = Mal/4: Trio

| next_year = 1958

}}

Mal/3: Sounds is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1958 and released on the New Jazz label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/mal-waldron/catalog/#new-jazz-njlp-8201 Mal Waldron discography] accessed February 21, 2011

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "The music is not essential but holds one's interest throughout".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/mal-3-sounds-r70396 Allmusic Review] accessed February 21, 2011

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|4}} }}

Track listing

:All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated

  1. "Tension" – 6:37
  2. "Ollie's Caravan" – 8:39
  3. "The Cattin' Toddler" – 6:58
  4. "Portrait of a Young Mother" – 8:58
  5. "For Every Man There's a Woman" (Harold Arlen, Leo Robin) – 11:40

:*Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on January 31, 1958.{{cite web |title=Mal Waldron – Mal/3 Sounds |date=1974 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5500927-Mal-Waldron-Mal3-Sounds |publisher=Discogs |access-date=July 8, 2023}}

Personnel

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