"WALDRON ~ HASLAM"

Mal Waldron piano; George Haslam bari sax.

Recorded at SRT Studios ,St. Ives, England. 24 Feb. 1994. Bar code 5 028386 030522 SLAMCD 305

TRACKS:

1   I got it bad                   8m 15s

2   If I were a bell               8   06

3   Catch as catch should     7   07

4   Somewhere                   5   39

5   Variations on Brahms 3, mvt 3    4   47

6   A time for Duke              7   00

7   The Vortex                    8   44

8   Motion in Order             18   47

The Mal Waldron/George Haslam SLAM CD is a great recording. I hope this was not the last of their musical efforts. The only other one that comes close to this was the Waldron/Marion Brown Duo. There must be other recordings between these two. This is my first experience of listening to the music of George Haslam; there are not too many baritone sax players around with a truly good sound. The choice of Duke Ellington compositions was a wise one. No one interprets the genre of the Ellington idiom better than Mal and Haslam. This is one of my choices for jazz record of the year. Edwin Wilson, Nathalie, Virginia, USA