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The Quest (album)

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Released
  
1961

Length
  
41:17

Release date
  
1961

Label
  
Riverside Records

Recorded
  
June 27, 1961

Artist
  
Mal Waldron

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Jazz


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Similar
  
Mal Waldron albums, Jazz albums

The Quest is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1961 and released on the New Jazz label. Some reissues of the album appear under Eric Dolphy's name.

Contents

Reception

The allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "the complex music (which falls between hard bop and the avant-garde) is successfully interpreted. Worth checking out". Dan Warburton, writing for allmusic, describes the album as "an outstandingly original (and unjustly neglected) sextet date…."

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron
  1. "Status Seeking" — 8:52
  2. "Duquility" — 4:09
  3. "Thirteen" — 4:42
  4. "We Diddit" — 4:23
  5. "Warm Canto" — 5:37
  6. "Warp and Woof" — 5:36
  7. "Fire Waltz" — 7:58
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 27, 1961.

    • Personnel

  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone (tracks 1-4, 6 & 7)
  • Ron Carter – cello
  • Joe Benjamin – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums

    • Songs

    1Status Seeking8:55
    2Duquility4:10
    3Thirteen4:45

    References

    The Quest (album) Wikipedia
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