1981 studio album by Mal Waldron
What It Is is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1981 and released by the Enja label.[1]
The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars stating "dauntless piano".[2]
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Allmusic | ![](Https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](Https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](Https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](Https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png) [2] |
- All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated
- "Charlie Parker's Last Supper" (Clifford Jordan) — 7:14
- "Hymn from the Inferno" — 12:02
- "What It Is" — 17:58
- Recorded at Vanguard Studios in New York City on November 15, 1981
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Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release. |
As leader or co-leader | |
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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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Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release. |
As leader or co-leader | |
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With Art Farmer | |
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With Charles Mingus | |
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With Lee Morgan | |
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With Max Roach | |
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With Cedar Walton | |
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With others |
- Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
- Sonny Clark Quintets/My Conception (1957)
- Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Richard Davis, 1972)
- Dealin' (Richard Davis, 1973)
- Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
- Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
- To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
- Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985)
- Luminous (John Hicks and Elise Wood, 1985)
- Shades (Andrew Hill, 1986)
- J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1961)
- Con Alma! (Charles McPherson, 1965)
- Any Old Time (Carmen McRae, 1986)
- Carmen Sings Monk (Carmen McRae, 1988)
- Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
- Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
- Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962)
- Manhattan Project (Dizzy Reece, 1976)
- The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
- Further Explorations (Horace Silver, 1958)
- Music Inc. (Charles Tolliver, 1970)
- What It Is (Mal Waldron, 1981)
- Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1967)
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