Mal Waldron discography

This is an incomplete list, which will never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness as it excludes bootlegs, mix tapes and other minor records by independent labels.

Mal Waldron was a jazz pianist and composer. His appearances on record date from 1952 to 2002 and include more than 100 albums under his own name and more than 80 as a sideman. His writing for film soundtracks is also listed on this page.

## Discography

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### As leader/co-leader

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Year recorded  | Title  | Label  | Year released  | Personnel/Notes

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1956  | Mal-1 | Prestige | 1957  | With Idrees Sulieman (trumpet), Gigi Gryce (alto sax), Julian Euell (bass), Arthur Edgehill (drums)
1957  | Mal/2 | Prestige  | 1957  | With Bill Hardman and Idrees Sulieman (trumpet; separately), Jackie McLean and Sahib Shihab (alto sax; separately), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Julian Euell (bass), Art Taylor and Ed Thigpen (drums; separately)
1957  | The Dealers | Status  | 1964  | With Bill Hardman (trumpet), John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette (tenor sax), Frank Wess (tenor sax, flute), Jackie McLean (alto sax), Julian Euell and Doug Watkins (bass; separately), Art Taylor (drums)
1958  | Mal/3: Sounds | New Jazz | 1958  | With Art Farmer (trumpet), Eric Dixon (flute), Calo Scott (cello), Julian Euell (bass), Elvin Jones (drums), Elaine Waldron (vocals; two tracks)
1958  | Just Wailin' | New Jazz  | 1958  | With Herbie Mann, Charlie Rouse and Kenny Burrell
1958  | Mal/4: Trio | New Jazz  | 1958  | With Addison Farmer (bass), Kenny Dennis (drums)
1959  | Left Alone | Bethlehem | 1959  | With Jackie McLean (alto sax; one track only), Julian Euell (bass), Al Dreares (drums); Waldron talks about Billie Holiday on one track
1959  | Impressions | New Jazz  | 1959  | With Addison Farmer (bass), Albert Heath (drums)
1959  | The Blues Minus You | Music Minus One | 1975  | With Wendell Marshall (bass), Charles Perry (drums)
1960  | Moonglow and Stardust | Music Minus One  | 1960  | With Wendell Marshall (bass), Charles Perry (drums)
1960  | The Music Of Duke Ellington | Music Minus One  | ?  | With Wendell Marshall and Addison Farmer (bass; separately), Charles Perry and Ed Shaughnessy (drums; separately)
1960  | The Music Of Jimmy McHugh | Music Minus One  | ?  | With George Duvivier (bass), Ed Shaughnessy (drums)
1960  | Mal Waldron | Music Minus One  | ?  | With unknown (bass), unknown (drums)
1960  | For Singers 'n Swingers | Music Minus One  | 1960  | With George Duvivier (bass), Ed Shaughnessy (drums)
1961  | The Quest | New Jazz  | 1962  | With Eric Dolphy (alto sax, bass clarinet), Booker Ervin (tenor sax), Ron Carter (cello), Joe Benjamin (bass) Charlie Persip (drums)
1961  | Fun with Brushes | Music Minus One  | ?  | With Addison Farmer (bass), Charles Perry (drums)
1961  | Blue Drums | Music Minus One  | ?  | With Wendell Marshall (bass), Charles Perry (drums)
1963?  | Les Nuits de la Negritude | Powertree  | 1963  | With George Tucker (bass), Al Dreares (drums)
1966  | All Alone | GTA  | 1966  | Solo piano
1966?  | Mal Waldron Trio | Karim  | 1966  | With Giovanni Tommaso (bass), Pepito Pignatelli (drums)
1967  | Sweet Love, Bitter | Impulse! | 1967  | With Dave Burnes (trumpet), George Coleman (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone), Charles Davis (baritone saxophone), Richard Davis and George Duvivier (bass; separately), Al Dreares (drums); soundtrack album
1969  | Ursula | Musica | 1969  | With Patrice Caratini (bass), Franco Manzecchi (drums)
1969  | Set Me Free | Affinity  | 1984  | With Barre Phillips, (bass) Philly Joe Jones (drums)
1969  | Free at Last | ECM | 1970  | With Isla Eckinger (bass), Clarence Beckton (drums)
1970  | Tokyo Bound | RCA Victor | 1970  | With Yasuo Arakawa (bass), Takeshi Inomata (drums)
1970  | Tokyo Reverie | RCA Victor  | 1970  | Solo piano
1970  | Blood and Guts | Futura | 1970  | With Patrice Caratini (bass), Guy Hayat (drums)
1970  | Spanish Bitch | ECM (Japan)  | 1970  | With Isla Eckinger (bass), Fred Braceful (drums, percussion)
1970  | The Opening | Futura  | 1970  | Solo piano
1971  | The Call | JAPO | 1971  | With Jimmy Jackson (organ), Eberhard Weber (electric bass), Fred Braceful (drums, percussion)
1970  | Mal: Live 4 to 1 | Philips | 1971  | Solo piano on 5 tracks; duo with Masabumi Kikuchi (piano) on 2 tracks; trio with Isao Suzuki (bass), Yoshiyuki Nakamura (drums) on 2 tracks; quartet with Kohsuke Mine (alto saxophone), Suzuki, Nakamura on 2 tracks; in concert
1971  | First Encounter | RCA Victor  | 1971  | Co-led with Gary Peacock (bass); with Hiroshi Murakami (drums)
1971  | Number Nineteen | Freedom | 1971  | With Dick Van Der Capellen (bass), Martin Van Duynhoven (drums)
1971  | Black Glory | Enja | 1971  | With Jimmy Woode (bass), Pierre Favre (drums)
1971  | Mal Waldron Plays the Blues | Enja  | 1971  | With Jimmy Woode (bass), Pierre Favre (drums)
1971  | Signals | Freedom  | 1971  | Solo piano
1971  | Journey Without End | RCA Victor  | 1972  | Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax); with Kent Carter (bass) and Noel McGhie (drums)
1972  | Blues for Lady Day | Black Lion | 1973  | Solo piano
1972  | A Little Bit of Miles | Freedom  | 1974  | With Henk Haverhoek (bass), Pierre Courbois (drums)
1972?  | Jazz a Confronto 19 | Horo | 1972  | Solo piano
1972  | A Touch of the Blues | Enja  | 1975  | With Jimmy Woode (bass), Allen Blairman (drums)
1972  | Mal Waldron on Steinway | Teichiku | 1973  | Solo piano
1972  | Mal Waldron with the Steve Lacy Quintet | America (France) | 1972  | With Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Steve Potts (alto sax), Irene Aebi (cello), Kent Carter (bass), Noel McGhie (drums, percussion)
1972  | The Whirling Dervish | America (France)  | 1972  | With Peter Warren (bass), Noel McGhie (drums)
1972  | Meditations | RCA Victor  | 1972  | Solo piano
1973  | Up Popped the Devil | Enja  | 1974  | With Carla Poole (flute; one track only), Reggie Workman (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)
1974  | Hard Talk | Enja  | 1974  | With Manfred Schoof (cornet), Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Isla Eckinger (bass), Allen Blairman (drums); in concert
1976  | Like Old Times | Victor  | 1976  | Co-led with Jackie McLean (alto sax); with Isao Suzuki (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)
1977  | One-Upmanship | Enja  | 1977  | Quinted (Manfred Schoof (trumpet), Jimmy Woode (bass) and Makaya Ntshoko (drums)) plus Steve Lacy (soprano sax)
1978  | Moods | Enja  | 1978  | With Terumasa Hino (trumpet), Hermann Breuer (trombone), Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Cameron Brown (bass), Makaya Ntshoko (drums) on 3 tracks; solo piano on 7 tracks
1979  | Mingus Lives | Enja  | 1979  | Solo piano
1981  | Mal 81 | Progressive | 1981  | With George Mraz (bass), Al Foster (drums)
1981  | News: Run About Mal | Progressive  | 1982  | With George Mraz (bass), Al Foster (drums)
1981  | Snake Out | Hathut | 1982  | Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax)
1981  | Herbe de l'oubli | Hathut  | 1983  | Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax)
1981  | Let's Call This | Hathut  | 1986  | Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax) [2LP]
1981  | Live at Dreher, Paris 1981 | Hathut  | 1981  | Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax); compiles Snake Out, Herbe de l'oubli and Let's Call This, with additional tracks
1981  | What It Is | Enja  | 1981  | With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), Cecil McBee (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums)
1982  | One Entrance, Many Exits | Palo Alto | 1983  | With Joe Henderson (tenor sax), David Friesen (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)
1982  | In Retrospect | Baybridge  | 1982  | With Akira Miyazawa (tenor sax, flute), Isao Suzuki (bass), Hironobu Fujisawa (drums)
1983  | Breaking New Ground | Baybridge  | 1983  | With Reggie Workman (bass), Ed Blackwell (drums)
1983  | Mal Waldron Plays Eric Satie | Baybridge  | 1984  | With Reggie Workman (bass), Ed Blackwell (drums)
1983  | You and the Night and the Music | Paddle Wheel  | 1984  | With Reggie Workman (bass), Ed Blackwell (drums)
1984  | Encounters | Muse | 1985  | Co-led with David Friesen (bass)
1985  | Mal Waldron and Alone | CBS/Sony | 1985  | Solo piano
1985  | Songs of Love and Regret | Freelance Records | 1986  | Co-led with Marion Brown (alto sax)
1985  | Dedication | Soul Note | 1988  | Co-led with David Friesen (bass)
1985  | Piano Duo Live at Pit Inn | CBS/Sony | 1988  | Co-led duo with Yōsuke Yamashita (piano)
1986  | Space | Vent du Sud  | 1986  | With Michel Marre (trumpet, flugelhorn), Doudou Gouirand (alto sax, soprano sax), Joel Allouche (tabla; one track)
1986  | Sempre Amore | Soul Note  | 1987  | With Steve Lacy (soprano sax; co-leader)
1986  | Update | Soul Note  | 1987  | Solo piano
1986  | Left Alone '86 | Paddle Wheel  | 1987  | Co-led with Jackie McLean (alto sax); with Herbie Lewis (bass), Eddie Moore (drums)
1986  | The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard | Soul Note  | 1987  | With Woody Shaw (trumpet), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax, flute), Reggie Workman (bass), Ed Blackwell (drums)
1986  | The Seagulls of Kristiansund | Soul Note  | 1987  | Personnel as The Git Go - Live at the Village Vanguard
1987  | Both Sides Now | Century  | 1987  | Solo piano
1987  | Our Colline's a Treasure | Soul Note  | 1987  | With Leonard Jones (bass), Sangoma Everett (drums)
1987  | Remembering the Moment | Soul Note  | 1994  | With Julian Priester (trombone), Jim Pepper (tenor sax), David Friesen (bass), Eddie Moore (drums)
1987  | The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil | Paddle Wheel  | 1987  | With Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Reggie Workman (bass), Eddie Moore (drums)
1987  | Mal, Dance and Soul | Tutu  | 1988  | With Ed Schuller (bass), John Betsch (drums), Jim Pepper (tenor sax; four tracks)
1988  | Evidence | Dark Light  | 1991  | Solo piano
1988  | Art of the Duo | Tutu  | 1989  | With Jim Pepper (tenor sax, soprano sax)
1988  | No More Tears (For Lady Day) | Timeless | 1989  | With Paulo Cardoso (bass), John Betsch (drums)
1989–90  | Into the Light | Materiali Sonori  | 1990  | With Christian Burchard (vibes), Michael Schone (bass), Dieter Serfas (percussion); also known as Duo, Solo, Quartet
1989  | Crowd Scene | Soul Note  | 1989  | With Sonny Fortune (alto sax), Ricky Ford (tenor sax), Reggie Workman (b), Eddie Moore (d)
1989  | Where Are You? | Soul Note  | 1989?  | The same personnel as on Crowd Scene
1989  | Quadrologue at Utopia | Tutu  | 1990  | With Jim Pepper (tenor sax, soprano sax), Ed Schuller (bass), John Betsch (drums)
1989  | More Git' Go at Utopia | Tutu  | 1994  | With Jim Pepper (tenor sax, soprano sax), Ed Schuller (bass), John Betsch (drums)
1990  | Spring in Prague | Alfa Jazz  | 1990  | With Paulo Cardoso (bass), John Betsch (drums)
1990  | Hot House | Arista/Novus | 1991  | Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax)
1992  | I Remember Thelonious | Nel Jazz  | 1996  | Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax)
1993  | Let's Call This... Esteem | Slam  | 1993  | Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax); in concert
1993  | My Dear Family | Evidence | 1994  | With Eddie Henderson (trumpet, flugelhorn), Grover Washington Jr. (soprano sax; 3 tracks), Reggie Workman (bass), Pheeroan Ak Laff (drums)
1994  | Waldron-Haslam | Slam  | 1994  | Co-led with George Haslam (baritone sax)
1994  | After Hours | Owl  | 1994  | Co-led with Jeanne Lee (vocals)
1994  | Mingus, Monk, and Mal | Freelance  | 1995  | Co-led with Judy Niemack (vocals)
1994  | Communiqué | Soul Note  | 1997  | Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax)
1994  | Mal, Verve, Black & Blue | Tutu  | 1996  | With Nicolas Simion (tenor sax), Ed Schuller (bass), Victor Jones (drums)
1995  | Explorations... to the Mth Degree | Slam  | 1996  | Co-led with Max Roach (drums); in concert [2CD]
1995  | Two New | Slam  | 1995  | Co-led with George Haslam (baritone sax)
1995  | Maturity 2: He's My Father | Tokuma  | 2003  | With Mala Waldron (piano, vocals)
1995  | Maturity 3: 'Dual | Tokuma  | 1996  | With Takeo Moriyama (drums)
1995  | Maturity 4: White Road, Black Rain | Tokuma  | 2003  | With Toru Tenda (flute), Jeanne Lee (vocals)
1995  | Travellin' in Soul Time | Bvhaast  | 1997  | With Jeanne Lee (vocals), Toru Tenda (flute); in concert
1995  | Art of the Duo: The Big Rochade | Tutu  | 1998  | With Nicolas Simion (soprano sax, tenor sax, bass clarinet)
1995  | The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp | Elemental  | 2024  | With Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Reggie Workman (bass), Andrew Cyrille (drums)
1995–99  | Mal Waldron | Tokuma  | 2003  | Solo piano
1996  | Maturity 5: The Elusiveness of Mt. Fuji | Tokuma  | 1997  | Solo piano
1997  | Soul Eyes | BMG  | 1997  | Featuring Jeanne Lee and Abbey Lincoln (vocals)
1998  | Maturity 1: Klassics | Tokuma  | 1999  | With Yoshihiko Katori (vibes), Kengo Nakamura (bass) on some tracks
2000  | Riding a Zephyr | Soul Note  | 2002  | With Judi Silvano (vocals)
2001  | Silence | Justin Time | 2008  | Co-led duo with David Murray (tenor sax, bass clarinet)
2002  | One More Time | Sketch  | 2002  | With Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Jean-Jacques Avenel (bass)
2002  | Left Alone Revisited | Enja  | 2002  | Co-led duo with Archie Shepp (tenor sax, vocals)

### Albums as sideman

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Year
recorded  | Leader  | Title  | Label

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1956  | Gene Ammons | Jammin' with Gene | Prestige
1957  | Gene Ammons | Funky | Prestige
1957  | Gene Ammons | Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons | Prestige
1958  | Gene Ammons | The Big Sound | Prestige
1958  | Gene Ammons | Groove Blues | Prestige
1958  | Gene Ammons | Blue Gene | Prestige
1962  | Gene Ammons | Velvet Soul | Prestige
1962  | Gene Ammons | Angel Eyes | Prestige
1962  | Gene Ammons | Sock! | Prestige
1968  | Benny Bailey | Soul Eyes | MPS
1958  | Betty Blake | Betty Blake Sings in a Tender Mood | Bethlehem
1956  | Kenny Burrell | All Night Long | Prestige
1957  | Kenny Burrell | Earthy | Prestige
1957  | Kenny Burrell (and Jimmy Raney)  | 2 Guitars | Prestige
1980  | Roy Burowes | Live at the Dreher | Marge
1961  | Ron Carter | Where? | Prestige
1956  | Teddy Charles | The Teddy Charles Tentet | Atlantic
1957  | Teddy Charles | Vibe-Rant | Elektra
1960  | Teddy Charles | Jazz In The Garden At The Museum Of Modern Art | Warwick
1957  | John Coltrane | Dakar | Prestige
1957  | John Coltrane (and Paul Quinichette)  | Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette | Prestige
1957  | John Coltrane | Coltrane | Prestige
1969  | Nathan Davis | Jazz Concert in a Benedictine Monastery | Edici
1961  | Eric Dolphy | At the Five Spot, Volume 1 | Prestige
1961  | Eric Dolphy | At the Five Spot, Volume 2 | Prestige
1961  | Eric Dolphy | Memorial Album | Prestige
1957  | Ray Draper | Tuba Sounds | Prestige
1981  | Johnny Dyani | Some Jive Ass Boer | Jazz Unité
1967  |  Embryo | For Eva | Disconforme
1970  |  Embryo | Steig aus | Brain
1971  |  Embryo | Rocksession | Brain
1989  |  Embryo | Turn Peace | Schneeball
2010*  |  Embryo | 40 | Trikont
1966  | Duško Gojković | Swinging Macedonia | Philips
1960  | Bennie Green | Hornful of Soul | Bethlehem
1971  | Sonny Grey | Skippin'  | Numera
1972  | Terumasa Hino | Reminiscent Suite | Victor (Japan)
1957  | Billie Holiday | Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport | Verve
1958  | Billie Holiday | Lady in Satin | Columbia
1958  | Billie Holiday | Easy to Remember | Society
1958  | Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday at Monterey 1958 | Black Hawk
1961  | Etta Jones | So Warm | Prestige
1957  | Thad Jones | After Hours | Prestige
1971  | Kimiko Kasai | One for Lady | JVC/Victor (Japan)
1958  | Steve Lacy | Reflections | New Jazz
1961  | John LaPorta | Eight Men in Search of a Drummer | Music Minus One
1961  | Abbey Lincoln | Straight Ahead | Candid
1955  | Teo Macero | What's New? | Columbia
1957  | Teo Macero | Teo | Prestige
1959  | Teo Macero | Something New, Something Blue | Columbia
1958  | Mary Ann McCall | Detour to the Moon | Jubilee
1955  | Jackie McLean | Presenting... Jackie McLean | Ad Lib
1956  | Jackie McLean | 4, 5 and 6 | Prestige
1956  | Jackie McLean | Jackie's Pal | Prestige
1957  | Jackie McLean | Jackie McLean & Co. | Prestige
1957  | Jackie McLean | Makin' the Changes | Prestige
1957  | Jackie McLean | A Long Drink of the Blues | Prestige
1957  | Jackie McLean | Strange Blues | Prestige
1957  | Jackie McLean | McLean's Scene | Prestige
1954  | Charles Mingus | Jazz Composers Workshop | Savoy
1955  | Charles Mingus | Mingus at the Bohemia | Debut
1955  | Charles Mingus | The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach | Debut
1956  | Charles Mingus | Pithecanthropus Erectus | Atlantic
1959  | Charles Mingus | Blues & Roots | Atlantic
1957  |  The Prestige All Stars | Baritones and French Horns | Prestige
1957  |  The Prestige All Stars | Earthy | Prestige
1957  |  The Prestige All Stars | Four Altos | Prestige
1957  |  The Prestige All Stars | Olio | Prestige
1957  |  The Prestige All Stars | Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors | Prestige
1957  |  The Prestige All Stars | Coolin' | New Jazz
1957  |  The Prestige All Stars | After Hours | Prestige
1957  |  The Prestige All Stars | The Prestige Jazz Quartet | Prestige
1957  |  The Prestige All Stars | Wheelin' & Dealin' | Prestige
1957  | Paul Quinichette | On the Sunny Side | Prestige
1961  | Max Roach | Percussion Bitter Sweet | Impulse!
1962  | Max Roach | It's Time | Impulse!
1962  | Max Roach | Speak, Brother, Speak! | Impulse!
1982  | Kazutoki Umezu | Another Step | Union Jazz
1957  |  Various | The Sound of Jazz | Columbia
1966  |  Various | Jazz Jamboree '66, Volume 1 | Polskie Nagrania Muza
1979  |  Various | Jazzbühne Berlin 1979 | Amiga
1979  |  Various | Jazz Na Koncertnom Podiju Vol. 4 | Jugoton
1978  | Klaus Weiss | Child's Prayer | EMI/Electrola
1979  | Klaus Weiss | On Tour | Calig
1957  | Phil Woods | Four Altos | Prestige
1983  | Sumiko Yoseyama | With Mal | Continental
1961  | Eldee Young | Eldee Young and Company | Argo
1957  | Webster Young | For Lady | Prestige
1960  | Earl Zindars (and Armando Peraza)  | The Soul of Jazz Percussion | Warwick

### Singles as sideman

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1952  | Ike Quebec | Whispering Winds / Kiss Of Fire | Hi-Lo
1952  | Emmett Davis | Rippin' And Runnin'  / Look What'cha Done | Hi-Lo
1953  |  The Wanderers | Heh Mae Ethel / We Could Find Happiness | Savoy
1953  | Varetta Dillard | I Ain't Gonna Tell / (That's The Way) My Mind Is Working | Savoy

### Soundtracks as composer

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Year
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1964  | Dizzy Gillespie | The Cool World | Philips
1965*  |  | Three Rooms in Manhattan |
1967  | Mal Waldron | Sweet Love, Bitter | Impulse!
1972*  |  | George Who?[1] |
1986*  |  | Tokyo Blues |

## References

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1. ^ "George Qui?" British Film Institute. Accessed July 16, 2013.

## External links

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* Chronological list of Mal Waldron records
* Mal Waldron discography by session