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Impressions (Mal Waldron album)

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Released
  
1959

Length
  
41:28

Artist
  
Mal Waldron

Label
  
Prestige Records

Recorded
  
March 20, 1959

Impressions (1959)
  
The Quest (1961)

Release date
  
1959

Genre
  
Jazz

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Mal Waldron albums, Jazz albums

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Impressions is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron, recorded in 1959 and released on the New Jazz label.

Contents

Mal waldron impressions full album


Reception

A contemporaneous review by the New Pittsburgh Courier stated that it was Waldron's "best trio offering to date" and "definitely of five-star calibre" The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, stating "Waldron's brooding Monk-influenced style is heard in its early prime on this excellent release".

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated
  1. "Les Champs Elysées" – 6:22
  2. "C'est Formidable" – 4:04
  3. "Ciao" – 9:55
  4. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – 5:47
  5. "All the Way" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 6:38
  6. "All About Us" (Elaine Waldron) – 5:02
  7. "With a Song in My Heart" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:40
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 20, 1959.

    • Personnel

  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Addison Farmer – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums

    • Songs

    1Champs-Élysées6:22
    2All About Us4:04
    3Ciao!9:55

    References

    Impressions (Mal Waldron album) Wikipedia
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