View basket “Beauty is a Rare Thing” 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 Gregory Porter All Rise Jazz | Blue Note | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 28th August 2020 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gregory Porter All Rise £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 0861995 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 28th August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Paolo Fresu, Richard Galliano, Jan Lundgren Mare Nostrum III Jazz | ACT | 2LP, 45rpm Released 11th January 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paolo Fresu, Richard Galliano, Jan Lundgren Mare Nostrum III £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACT98771 Formats: 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 11th January 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Samara Joy Linger Awhile Jazz | Verve | 1LP Released 18th November 2022 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Samara Joy Linger Awhile £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 4826650 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Vanessa Fernandez Remember Me (Hybrid Stereo SACD) Jazz | Groove Note | SACD Released 9th February 2024 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Vanessa Fernandez Remember Me (Hybrid Stereo SACD) £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Groove Note SKU: GRVSA1400 Formats: SACD Released Date: 9th February 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Scofield Time On My Hands Jazz | Blue Note | 1LP Released 19th October 2015 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Scofield Time On My Hands £14.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 4734760 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th October 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Andrew Hill Black Fire Jazz | Blue Note Tone Poet | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 26th July 2019 £38.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Andrew Hill Black Fire £38.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Tone Poet SKU: 7752021 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 26th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ray Charles The Genius of Ray Charles Jazz | Warner/RTI | 180g, 1LP Released 28th July 2009 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ray Charles The Genius of Ray Charles £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Warner/RTI SKU: WBLP98663 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 28th July 2009 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Idrees Sulieman Three Trumpets Jazz | Concord Jazz | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 27th April 2015 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Idrees Sulieman Three Trumpets £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Concord Jazz SKU: 7236144 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 27th April 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View David Murray Ming Jazz | Black Saint | 180g, 1LP, Includes CD Released 5th November 2012 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders David Murray Ming £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Black Saint SKU: BS520003 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 5th November 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pharoah Sanders Great Moments With Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 24th February 2023 £32.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Pharoah Sanders Great Moments With £32.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP3289 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 24th February 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Jazz Start again
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