Mal Waldron Quintet with Steve Lacy - One-Upmanship
2014 Japanese CD reissue.
Pianist Mal Waldron and soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy first recorded together in the late-'50s. Both spent most of the careers working and living in Europe, and this album was recorded in Germany. Both musicians mix a precise sense of angularity with deeply emotive poetics. The three quintet pieces, featuring a rhythm section and trumpet player Manfred Schoof, include the staggeringly beautiful "The Seagulls of Kristiansund." Lacy's playing is an apt voice for this piece's melancholy seascape. All the album's compositions were written by Waldron; ONE-UPMANSHIP also includes three solo piano pieces. Waldron recorded extensively during this time and ONE-UPMANSHIP is one of his premiere titles of this era.
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(4526180560517)
| SKU | 4526180560517 |
| Barcode # | 4526180560517 |
| Brand | Enja / Solid Records Japan |
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