View basket “Wonderful World: The Best of Louis Armstrong” 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 Chet Baker Easy to Love Jazz | Dreyfus Jazz | 1LP Released 10th May 2019 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chet Baker Easy to Love £13.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Dreyfus Jazz SKU: 4050538482409 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Annette Peacock & Paul Bley Dual Unity Jazz | Bamboo | 1LP Released 18th November 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Annette Peacock & Paul Bley Dual Unity £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Bamboo SKU: BAMLP7018 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th November 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Diana Krall The Look Of Love Jazz | Verve | 180g, 2LP Released 8th August 2016 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Diana Krall The Look Of Love £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 4737707 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 8th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jesse Sharps Sharps and Flats Jazz | Nimbus West | 180g, 1LP Released 25th November 2022 £46.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jesse Sharps Sharps and Flats £46.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Nimbus West SKU: NS-3702 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kenny Burrell And John Coltrane Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane Jazz | Craft Recordings | 180g, 1LP Released 7th June 2024 £35.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Kenny Burrell And John Coltrane Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Craft Recordings SKU: CR720 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 7th June 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Charles Mingus Mingus At Antibes Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 2LP Released 18th October 2019 £59.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Charles Mingus Mingus At Antibes £59.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: SD2-3001 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 18th October 2019 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Paul Desmond Easy Living Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 19th October 2018 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Paul Desmond Easy Living £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: RCALSP-3480 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 19th October 2018 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket On Sale View Product Quick View Sergio Mendes In The Key Of Joy Jazz | Concord | 1LP Released 28th February 2020 £9.99 £20.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Sergio Mendes In The Key Of Joy £9.99 £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Concord SKU: 7213502 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th February 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Bad Plus It’s Hard Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 4th November 2016 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bad Plus It’s Hard £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1785 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 4th November 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Avishai Cohen Quartet Cross My Palm With Silver Jazz | ECM | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 5th May 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Avishai Cohen Quartet Cross My Palm With Silver £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 5739780 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 5th May 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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