Meditations – Live at Dug is a 1972 live album recorded by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron.[1] This is his solo album recorded live in the jazz club Dug in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo. The record was re-released in 2016 on CD.[2]
Reception
A reviewer of Dusty Groove stated "A sublime solo performance from Mal Waldron – the kind of unbridled, spiritual work he started giving us once he spent a lot of time overseas – sounds that are light years away from his American records of just a few short years before! Waldron is incredible here – and his ability to work in different ways with each hand on the piano almost makes it feel as if the performance is a duet, instead of a solo – as Mal can lay down modal rhythms with one hand, create incredible flights on the keys with the other – all while holding onto a sense of rhythm and melody that's completely wonderful throughout. Unlike some other Waldron records of this nature, which might go a bit outside – this one is free, but never "out" – and instead has Mal opening up beautifully on the titles "The Blues Suite", "Chairo No Hitomi", "The Stone Garden Of Ryoanji", "Summertime", "All Alone", and "Left Alone"."[3]
Track listing
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1. | "All Alone" | Waldron | 5:09 |
2. | "The Blues Suite" | Waldron | 17:05 |
3. | "Chairo No Hitomi" | Waldron | 4:59 |
4. | "The Stone Garden of Ryoanji" | Waldron | 8:16 |
5. | "Summertime" | George Gershwin | 4:43 |
6. | "Left Alone" | Waldron | 4:53 |
Total length: | 45:05 |
Personnel
- Mal Waldron – piano
- Keijiro Kubota – design
- Takashi Watanabe – recording mixer
- Takashi Arihara – photographer
- Tetsuya Shimoda – producer
References
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Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release. |
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With Gene Ammons | |
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With Jackie McLean | |
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With Charles Mingus | |
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With the Prestige All Stars | |
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With others |
- All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
- Earthy (Kenny Burrell, 1957)
- 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957)
- Where? (Ron Carter, 1961)
- The Teddy Charles Tentet (1956)
- Coolin' (Teddy Charles, 1957)
- Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette, 1957)
- Coltrane (1957)
- Dakar (John Coltrane, Pepper Adams & Cecil Payne, 1957)
- At the Five Spot (Eric Dolphy, both volumes, 1961)
- Tuba Sounds (Ray Draper, 1957)
- Hornful of Soul (aka, Catwalk, Bennie Green, 1960)
- Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport (1957)
- Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958)
- So Warm (Etta Jones, 1961)
- After Hours (Thad Jones, 1957)
- Olio (Thad Jones, 1957)
- Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk (1958)
- Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln, 1961)
- Teo (Teo Macero, 1957)
- On the Sunny Side (Paul Quinichette, 1957)
- Percussion Bitter Sweet (Max Roach, 1961)
- It's Time (Max Roach, 1962)
- Speak, Brother, Speak! (Max Roach, 1962)
- For Lady (Webster Young, 1957)
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