The Call (Mal Waldron album)

The Call
Studio album by Mal Waldron
Released 1971
Recorded February 1, 1971
Genre Jazz
Length 40:43
Label JAPO
Producer Manfred Eicher
Mal Waldron chronology
The Opening
(1970)The Opening1970
The Call
(1971)
Mal: Live 4 to 1
(1971)Mal: Live 4 to 11971

The Call is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1971 and released on the JAPO label.[1] The album was the first release on the short-lived European jazz label. It is Waldron's only album as a bandleader to feature him playing the electric piano.[1]

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[2] It was included as one of the 640 albums covered in the 2013 Japanese book Obscure Sound, written by Chee Shimizu. Shimizu praised the album for its "funky psychedelic groove" and interplay between Waldron's electric piano and Jimmy Jackson's organ.[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron
  1. "The Call" 18:53
  2. "Thoughts" 21:50
  • Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany on February 1, 1971.

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Mal Waldron discography accessed February 24, 2011
  2. 1 2 "Mal Waldron – The Call". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  3. Shimizu, Chee. Obscure Sound: Tōgenkyō-teki onban 640-sen obscure sound 桃源郷的音盤640選 (in Japanese). Rittor Music. p. 57. ISBN 978-4-8456-2258-0.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 205. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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