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Blues for Lady Day

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Released
  
1972

Length
  
69:59

Artist
  
Mal Waldron

Label
  
1201 MUSIC

Recorded
  
February 5, 1972

Producer
  
Alan Bates

Release date
  
1972

Genre
  
Jazz

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Blues for Lady Day (1971)
  
A Little Bit of Miles (1971)

Similar
  
Mal Waldron albums, Jazz albums

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Blues for Lady Day (subtitled A Personal Tribute to Billie Holiday) is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring performances recorded in Baarn, Holland in 1972 and released on the Freedom label. The album was rereleased on CD on Black Lion Records in 1994 combined with tracks from A Little Bit of Miles.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "the emphasis is on thoughtful (and sometimes a bit downbeat) interpretations at ballad tempoes".

Track listing

  1. "Blues for Lady Day" (Mal Waldron) — 3:43
  2. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) — 4:04
  3. "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) — 3:20
  4. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) — 5:38
  5. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) — 3:01
  6. "You're My Thrill" (Jay Gorney, Sidney Clare) — 3:39
  7. "Strange Fruit" (Abel Meeropol) — 2:47
  8. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) — 4:48
  9. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) — 3:01
  • Recorded in Baarn, Holland on February 5, 1972.

    • Personnel

  • Mal Waldron — piano

    • Songs

    1Blues For Lady Day3:53
    2Just Friends4:10
    3Don't Blame Me3:23

    References

    Blues for Lady Day Wikipedia
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