1926 - 2002
Mal Waldron American Jazz Musician
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Details
| First Name |
Mal
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| Last Name |
Waldron
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| Birthday |
16th August, 1926
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| Birthplace |
New York City, New York, United States
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| Died |
2nd December, 2002
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| Place of Death |
Brussels, Belgium
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Black
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| Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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| Zodiac Sign |
Leo
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
Black
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Musician, composer, arranger
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| Occupation |
Jazz Musician
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Avant-garde jazz, Hard bop, Modal jazz, Post-bop
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| Music Genre |
Jazz, Piano
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| Year(s) Active |
Early 1950s–2002
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| Music Style |
International, Modal Music, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Modern Creative, Progressive Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
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| Music Mood |
Sophisticated, Dramatic, Cerebral, Passionate, Searching, Elaborate, Uncompromising, Elegant, Provocative, Wistful, Thoughtful, Literate, Plaintive, Melancholy, Poignant, Reflective
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| Instrument |
Piano
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| Instrument (text) |
Piano
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| Associated Acts |
Gene Ammons, Billie Holiday, Steve Lacy, Jeanne Lee, Jackie McLean, Charles Mingus
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Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Waldron led his own bands and played for those led by Charles Mingus, Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy, among others. During Waldron's period as house pianist for Prestige Records in the late 1950s, he appeared on dozens of albums and composed for many of them, including writing his most famous song, "Soul Eyes", for Coltrane. Waldron was often an accompanist for vocalists, and was Billie Holiday's regular accompanist from April 1957 until her death in July 1959.
