View basket “From The North” 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 Phil Ranelin Vibes From The Tribe Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 1st January 2018 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Phil Ranelin Vibes From The Tribe £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PRCD 4008 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 1st January 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tina Brooks The Waiting Game Jazz | Blue Note Tone Poet | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 29th January 2021 £33.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tina Brooks The Waiting Game £33.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Tone Poet SKU: 893419 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 29th January 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Graham Lambkin Solos Jazz | Blank Forms Editions | 4LP Released 12th March 2021 £80.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Graham Lambkin Solos £80.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blank Forms Editions SKU: BF-019-022 Formats: 4LP Released Date: 12th March 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Les McCann Much Les Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 9th February 2015 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Les McCann Much Les £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1246 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 9th February 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ahmad Jamal Ballades Jazz | Jazz Village | 2LP Released 13th September 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ahmad Jamal Ballades £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Jazz Village SKU: JV3357015758 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 13th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Joe Lovano Quartets: Live At The Vanguard 1 Jazz | Universal/Blue Note | 180g, 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 18th November 2014 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joe Lovano Quartets: Live At The Vanguard 1 £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Universal/Blue Note SKU: 4702991 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 18th November 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bad Plus The Bad Plus Jazz | Edition Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 24th February 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bad Plus The Bad Plus £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Edition Records SKU: EDNLP1208 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 24th February 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Joe Henderson Power To The People Jazz | Craft Recordings | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 15th March 2024 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joe Henderson Power To The People £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Craft Recordings SKU: CR655 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 15th March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Stanley Clarke School Days Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 8th October 2012 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stanley Clarke School Days £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP563 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 8th October 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions Jazz | Concord | 5LP Released 8th March 2019 £165.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions £165.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Concord SKU: 7205362 Formats: 5LP Released Date: 8th March 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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