Blues for Lady Day
Blues for Lady Day | ||||
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Studio album by Mal Waldron | ||||
Released | 1972 | |||
Recorded | February 5, 1972 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 69:59 | |||
Label | Freedom | |||
Producer | Alan Bates | |||
Mal Waldron chronology | ||||
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Blues for Lady Day (subtitled A Personal Tribute to Billie Holiday) is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring performances recorded in Baarn, Holland in 1972 and released on the Freedom label.[1] The album was rereleased on CD on Black Lion Records in 1994 combined with tracks from A Little Bit of Miles.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "the emphasis is on thoughtful (and sometimes a bit downbeat) interpretations at ballad tempoes".[2]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Track listing
- "Blues for Lady Day" (Mal Waldron) — 3:43
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) — 4:04
- "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) — 3:20
- "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) — 5:38
- "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) — 3:01
- "You're My Thrill" (Jay Gorney, Sidney Clare) — 3:39
- "Strange Fruit" (Abel Meeropol) — 2:47
- "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) — 4:48
- "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) — 3:01
- Recorded in Baarn, Holland on February 5, 1972.
Personnel
References
- ↑ Mal Waldron discography accessed February 25, 2011
- 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 25, 2011
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