View basket “Woodlore” 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 Miles Davis All Stars Walkin’ Jazz | Craft Recordings | 1LP Released 10th November 2023 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis All Stars Walkin’ £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Craft Recordings SKU: 1862131 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Joe Henderson The State Of The Tenor: Live At The Village Vanguard, Vol.1 Jazz | Blue Note Tone Poet | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 28th August 2020 £33.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joe Henderson The State Of The Tenor: Live At The Village Vanguard, Vol.1 £33.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Tone Poet SKU: 860056 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 28th August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mary Halvorson Amaryllis & Belladonna Jazz | Nonesuch | 2LP Released 13th May 2022 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mary Halvorson Amaryllis & Belladonna £30.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Nonesuch SKU: 0075597912708 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 13th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Seth MacFarlane Great Songs From Stage and Screen Jazz | Verve | 1LP Released 9th October 2020 £TBC Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Seth MacFarlane Great Songs From Stage and Screen £TBC Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 3509695 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Wynton Kelly/Wes Montgomery Smokin’ At The Half Note Jazz | Analogue Productions | 200g, 2LP Released 22nd July 2013 £75.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Wynton Kelly/Wes Montgomery Smokin’ At The Half Note £75.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AVRJ863345 Formats: 200g, 2LP Released Date: 22nd July 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gil Evans Out Of The Cool Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 2nd February 2015 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gil Evans Out Of The Cool £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1286 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 2nd February 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dearest Sister Collective Heart Jazz | ACT | 1LP Released 18th November 2022 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dearest Sister Collective Heart £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACTLP9953-1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jacob Collier Djesse Vol. 4 (Deluxe) Jazz | Decca | 2LP Released 28th February 2025 £35.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Jacob Collier Djesse Vol. 4 (Deluxe) £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca SKU: 7529517 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 28th February 2025 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lee Konitz Tenorlee Jazz | Candid Records | 180g, 1LP Released 1st December 2023 £26.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Lee Konitz Tenorlee £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Candid Records SKU: LPCND33221 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 1st December 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Johnny Hallyday Ça ne finira jamais Jazz | Warner Jazz | 1LP, Picture Disc Released 4th December 2015 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Johnny Hallyday Ça ne finira jamais £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Warner Jazz SKU: 0825646015535 Formats: 1LP, Picture Disc Released Date: 4th December 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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