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One Upmanship (album)

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Recorded
  
February 12, 1977

Producer
  
Horst Weber

One-Upmanship (1977)
  
Threads (1977)

Release date
  
1977

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
42:04

One-Upmanship (1977)
  
Moods (1978)

Artist
  
Mal Waldron Quintet

Label
  
Enja Records

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One-Upmanship is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron with soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, recorded in 1977, and released by the Enja label. The CD reissue added three solo piano pieces to the original album.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron
  1. "One-Upmanship" — 11:05
  2. "Duquility" — 8:31 Bonus track on CD reissue
  3. "The Seagulls of Kristiansund" — 11:20
  4. "Thoughtful" — 6:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Hooray for Herbie" — 19:39
  6. "Soul Eyes" — 6:49 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at Conny's Studio in Wolperath, West Germany on February 12, 1977 (tracks 1, 3 & 5) and at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany on May 8, 1978 (tracks 2, 4 & 6).

    • Personnel

  • Mal Waldron — piano
  • Manfred Schoof — cornet (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
  • Steve Lacy — soprano saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
  • Jimmy Woode — bass (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
  • Makaya Ntshoko — drums (tracks 1, 3 & 5)

    • Songs

    1One UpmanshipSteve Lacy11:05
    2The Seagulls Of KristiansundSteve Lacy11:20
    3Hurray For HerbieSteve Lacy19:56

    References

    One-Upmanship (album) Wikipedia
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