View basket “After Hours” 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 John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia Friday Night in San Francisco Jazz | Impex Records | 180g, 1LP Released 28th October 2022 £59.00 - £75.00 Select options John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia Friday Night in San Francisco £59.00 - £75.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Impex Records Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 28th October 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Miles Davis Kind Of Blue Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 14th June 2010 £32.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Kind Of Blue £32.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP019 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 14th June 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Coltrane Blue Paris Jazz | Birdland | 1LP, Includes CD Released 12th September 2014 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Coltrane Blue Paris £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Birdland SKU: BIRD018 Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 12th September 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nina Simone Nina’s Back Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve | 1LP Released 15th March 2024 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nina Simone Nina’s Back £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve SKU: 5887959 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Howe Gelb Future Standards Jazz | Fire Records | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 18th November 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Howe Gelb Future Standards £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Fire Records SKU: FIRELP466 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 18th November 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Leon Thomas Spirits Known And Unknown Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 20th February 2020 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Leon Thomas Spirits Known And Unknown £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PPAN FDS-115 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 20th February 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Lee Morgan Leeway Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 4th October 2016 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lee Morgan Leeway £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: LP84034 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 4th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Talking Therapy Ensemble & Emma-Jean Thackray Talking Therapy Jazz | Movementt | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 8th July 2022 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Talking Therapy Ensemble & Emma-Jean Thackray Talking Therapy £15.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Movementt SKU: MVMTT05LP Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 8th July 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Billy Cobham Mirrors Image Jazz | Cleopatra Records | 1LP Released 27th July 2018 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Billy Cobham Mirrors Image £16.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Cleopatra Records SKU: 889466073915 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th July 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lambert Hendricks & Ross The Hottest New Group In Jazz (mono) Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 22nd October 2012 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lambert Hendricks & Ross The Hottest New Group In Jazz (mono) £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PPANCL1403 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 22nd October 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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