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Mal/4 Trio

Mal Waldron

Recorded	Sep 26, 1958
Label	Prestige
Catalog	8208
Released	1958
Personnel	3 credited players
Discogs	master 570177

The record

This 1958 trio date strips the frame down to bass, drums, and Waldron's blues-rooted vamps, letting his repeating figures breathe. Prestige gave him room here to step past the sideman roles that had defined his early career.

Session personnel

Addison Farmer — bass
Kenny Dennis — drums
Mal Waldron — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1958	New Jazz · 8208 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1961	Top Rank International · RANK - 5069 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1976	Prestige — MONO
1976	Prestige · PR-8208 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1976	Prestige · SMJ-6512 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono
1984	New Jazz · VIJ-238 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1986	Prestige · VDJ-1545 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
1986	Prestige · 98.440 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1992	New Jazz · WWLJ-7061 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1995	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD 1856-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition
1995	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD 1856-2 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1996	New Jazz · VICJ-2182 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
2013	Prestige · UCCO-5358 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, SHM-CD
—	Prestige · MJ-7108 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue