View basket “Warm Winter” 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 Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 15th January 2021 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil £29.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 744042 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 15th January 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nat King Cole For Sentimental Reasons Jazz | Dreyfus Jazz | 1LP Released 10th May 2019 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nat King Cole For Sentimental Reasons £13.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Dreyfus Jazz SKU: 4050538484007 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charles Mingus The Clown – Mono (Atlantic 75 Series) (SACD) Jazz | Analogue Productions | SACD Released 25th December 2025 £45.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Charles Mingus The Clown – Mono (Atlantic 75 Series) (SACD) £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: CAPA 060 SA Formats: SACD Released Date: 25th December 2025 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hugh Masekela Hope Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 26th January 2018 £65.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hugh Masekela Hope £65.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AAPJ117 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 26th January 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Julian Lage Speak To Me Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 1st March 2024 £35.00 Select options Julian Lage Speak To Me £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 1st March 2024 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Blackbyrds, The City Life Jazz | Back To Black | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 2nd October 2014 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Blackbyrds, The City Life £18.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Back To Black SKU: 7235928 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 2nd October 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily Love in Exile Jazz | Verve | 2LP Released 24th March 2023 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily Love in Exile £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 4896765 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 24th March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charles Mingus Jazz in Detroit / Strata Concert Gallery / 46 Selden Jazz | BBE | 5LP Released 2nd November 2018 £62.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Charles Mingus Jazz in Detroit / Strata Concert Gallery / 46 Selden £62.00 Genre: Jazz Label: BBE SKU: BBE453ALP Formats: 5LP Released Date: 2nd November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Blossom Dearie Blossom Dearie (Verve By Request Series) Jazz | Verve | 180g, 1LP Released 9th June 2023 £39.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Blossom Dearie Blossom Dearie (Verve By Request Series) £39.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 4899710 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 9th June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jackie McLean Capuchin Swing Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 31st July 2015 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jackie McLean Capuchin Swing £14.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 4727689 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 31st July 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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