View basket “Black Ballads” has been added to your basket. Rat Now…Paris 70 Mal Waldron Trio SKU: SRLP33 Barcode: SRLP33 31.00 £31.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Sam Records Released Date: 25th December 2024 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Forthcoming Pre Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Strictly Limited Edition 3000 copies. Re-mastered from the original stereo tapes by François Lê Xuân. Cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Mastering. 180 gr Vinyl pressed in Marciac, France by Garcia & Co. Tip-on deluxe gatefold sleeve with photos by Thierry Trombert. A never-before released Mal Waldron Trio 1970 live recordings. First official release with the full permission and cooperation of the Mal Waldron Estate & INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel). This was recorded inside the Palais d’Orsay Hotel in Paris on March 10, 1970. The city’s International Sound Festival was being held at the time, and this recording was aired in the “Jazz Vivant” radio show presented by André Francis. The performance here is a first on record, and it captures the renaissance of pianist Mal Waldron, fronting a trio comprised of drummer Christian Vander (co-founder of the group Magma) and bassist Jean-François Catoire (a long-time partner of Vander). Waldron’s career was reviving after his European exile, a lengthy hiatus tied to his patient process of reconstruction after years spent fighting his addiction. In 1969 he recorded Free at Last for the brand-new ECM label (it was their very first production) and two years later he would do the same for the Enja label. Before that, in 1970, he had also toured in Japan for the first time, and it would make him instantly popular there. Before the present concert recorded on March 10, 1970, Mal Waldron had appeared the previous year (a summer gig) in a club at Antibes, the Early Bird, playing with the same comrades, namely Christian Vander and Jean-François Catoire. Many critics had praised that trio’s quality in the media, and the late Maurice Cullaz, a great admirer of Waldron, even went so far as to say he had “rarely heard these three musicians play in such an extraordinary manner.” So it was quite logical, when the trio got together again in March in Paris, that the same cohesion would be apparent in their opening tune “Rat Now,” a theme that had appeared on the Free at Last album recorded for ECM (November 1969) only four months before this concert. The pianist plays throughout in his characteristic style, the left hand accentuating a constant undertow while his right hand releases a controlled energy. Christian Vander’s unbridled percussion gives a free dimension to this tune, which lends a kind of austerity that shows the fundamental influence that the great Thelonious Monk had wielded over Waldron’s piano style, alongside that of Bud Powell: ”After I fell into the depths, I couldn’t find the lyrical side of my playing again. The way I expressed myself had become more dense; it had refocused itself more.” That legacy is even more palpable in the tune that follows, “Champs Elysées,” a composition from the album Impressions (1959). The melody lines, impregnated by the blues, mingle gleefully with the whirling figures provided by Mal and his partners. “Rock My Soul”—and its heady tempo, where once again we can measure the strength and complementary nature of Waldron’s left hand, transmitting a breakneck rhythm beneath the controlled lyricism coming from his right hand—also appeared among the pianist’s recently recorded compositions on the Free at Last session. Vander’s tumultuous drumming here feeds the flow with a robust jazz that is brimming with vigorous phrases; and when the tempo dies down, the double bass of Jean-François Catoire instils a truce that fools no-one: it heralds a feverish finale. The final theme “Mount Fujiyama” was inspired by a trip to Japan that Waldron made in the winter of 1969-70. Here the music carries the imprint of serenity, yet once again it is the reflection of Mal Waldron’s deep-rooted New York heritage. Romain GROSMAN – Translation by Martin DAVIES Musicians: Mal Waldron (Piano) Jean-François Catoire (Bass) Christian Vander (Drums) Artist Mal Waldron Trio Genre Jazz Label Sam Records Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country France Track Listings Side A Rat Race Champs-Elysées Side B Rock my Soul Mount Fujiyama Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Mal Waldron Trio and more from Jazz View Product Quick View Mal Waldron Trio Free At Last – Extended Edition Jazz | ECM | 2LP Released 15th November 2019 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mal Waldron Trio Free At Last – Extended Edition £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 7798632 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 15th November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bill Evans Sharp Notes Jazz | Not Now Music | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 5th December 2011 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bill Evans Sharp Notes £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Not Now Music SKU: NOT2LP141 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 5th December 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View McCoy Tyner Trio Bon Voyage Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 6th October 2023 £42.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders McCoy Tyner Trio Bon Voyage £42.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP3497C Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 6th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jazz at the Philharmonic Adderley/Getz/Dizzy/JJ Johnson Jazz | Speakers Corner | 4LP Released 12th November 2009 £86.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jazz at the Philharmonic Adderley/Getz/Dizzy/JJ Johnson £86.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: VERVE853942 Formats: 4LP Released Date: 12th November 2009 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Benny Carter & His Orchestra Definitions Jazz | Verve/Universal | 1LP Released 24th May 2019 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Benny Carter & His Orchestra Definitions £15.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve/Universal SKU: 7746424 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Billie Holiday Rough Guide To Jazz & Blues Legends Jazz | Rough Guides | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 1st November 2010 £10.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Billie Holiday Rough Guide To Jazz & Blues Legends £10.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Rough Guides SKU: RGNET1234LP Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 1st November 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charles Mingus Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 15th July 2022 £60.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Charles Mingus Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus £60.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AIPJ 54 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 15th July 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Lewis & Sacha Distel Afternoon In Paris Jazz | Sam Records | 180g, 1LP Released 15th July 2022 £46.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Lewis & Sacha Distel Afternoon In Paris £46.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Sam Records SKU: SAMLP12005 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 15th July 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Muriel Grossmann Devotion Jazz | Third Man Records | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 1st December 2023 £23.00 Select options Muriel Grossmann Devotion £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Third Man Records Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 1st December 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Various Stockfisch Records Vinyl Collection Volume 2 Jazz | Stockfisch | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 12th March 2013 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Stockfisch Records Vinyl Collection Volume 2 £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Stockfisch SKU: SFR35780091 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 12th March 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chet Baker Quartet with Bobby Jaspar Chet Baker in Paris Vol. 3 Jazz | Decca | 180g, 1LP Released 30th August 2024 £26.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Chet Baker Quartet with Bobby Jaspar Chet Baker in Paris Vol. 3 £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca SKU: 6534725 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 30th August 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Jazz Start again
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