Mal Waldron, a versatile pianist perhaps best known to jazz enthusiasts for his mainstream work as Billie Holiday’s last accompanist, has died. He was 77. Waldron died Monday in Brussels of ...

Once the vinyl renaissance confirmed that record labels could bring in a steady income just by tapping their holdings, they began combing their archives to fuel a steady stream of reissues. With a ...

Between 1966 and 1978, Waldron frequently recorded solo in the studio and on stage on albums that included All Alone, Tokyo Reverie, The Opening, Signals, Blues for Lady Day, Jazz A Confronto 19, Mal ...

Musician-composer Mal Waldron — whose childhood dreams of becoming a great pianist took him through the golden age of jazz alongside such legends as Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus and John Coltrane — ...

Craft Recordings Original Jazz Classics Reissue Series continues in June with 4 iconic Mal Wadron, Yusef Lateef, and Bill Evans albums. The second batch of OJC series reissues begins June 30, and all ...

I’d always thought there’d be a chance to hear Mal Waldron and ask about the two of him and the space in between. He’d come to town — eventually, though no one had booked him here since the early ’80s ...

This is FRESH AIR. Jazz pianist Mal Waldron spent most of his career in Europe. Earlier in the 1950s, Waldron played in Charles Mingus's explosive band, made jam session records with John Coltrane and ...

Mal Waldron performing in Amsterdam in 1995. (Frans Schellekens / Redferns) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for programs ...