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Left Alone '86

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Released
  
1986

Length
  
62:27

Producer
  
Akira Tsuchikura

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
September 1, 1986

Label
  
Paddle Wheel

Release date
  
1986

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Left Alone '86 (1986)
  
The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (1986)

Artists
  
Mal Waldron, Jackie McLean, Steve Lacy

Similar
  
Mal Waldron albums, Jazz albums

Mal waldron jackie mclean left alone 86


Left Alone '86 is an album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron and saxophonist Jackie McLean released on the Japanese Paddle Wheel label in 1986. The album is a sequel to Waldron's 1959 recording Left Alone which McLean played on the title track.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Although he cannot maintain the same nonstop pace he had in the early '60s, Jackie McLean still plays magnificently. He demonstrated that repeatedly on this 1986 duo date with pianist Mal Waldron, whose lovely countermelodies, complementary solos, darting phrases, and supporting accompaniment proved a perfect contrast to McLean's forays. He is lyrical and engaging on some tracks; his explosive side emerges on others".

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated
  1. "Left Alone" (Billie Holiday, Mal Waldron) — 8:27
  2. "God Bless the Child" (Herzog, Holiday) — 3:23
  3. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) — 6:49
  4. "Catwalk" — 9:47
  5. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) — 3:36
  6. "Minor Pulsation" — 12:27
  7. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) — 3:19
  8. "All Alone" — 3:30
  9. "Super Okra Blues" (Jackie McLean) — 5:06
  10. "Left Alone" [alternate take] (Holiday, Waldron) — 6:03
  • Recorded at U-Port Kan'i Hoken Hall in Tokyo, Japan on September 1, 1986

    • Personnel

  • Mal Waldron — piano
  • Jackie McLean — alto saxophone (tracks 1-7, 9 & 10)
  • Herbie Lewis — bass (tracks 1-7, 9 & 10)
  • Eddie Moore — drums (tracks 1-7, 9 & 10)

    • References

    Left Alone '86 Wikipedia
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