Mal Waldron
USA
Born: 16 August 1926
Died: 02 December 2002
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz, International
Styles: Hard Bop, Bop, Post-Bop, Modal Music, Modern Creative, Free Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Big Band/Swing
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A pianist with a brooding, rhythmic, introverted style, Mal Waldron's playing has long been flexible enough to fit into both hard bop and freer settings. Influenced by Thelonious Monk's use of space, Waldron has had his own distinctive chord voicings nearly from the start. Early on, Waldron played jazz on alto and classical music on piano, but he switched permanently to jazz piano while at Queens College. He freelanced around New York in the early '50s with Ike Quebec (for whom he made his recording debut), Big Nick Nicholas, and a variety of R...
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