Piano – Mal Waldron [click here to see more vinyl featuring Mal Waldron] Alto Saxophone – Jackie McLean (A2, B2-3) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Jackie McLean] Drums – Art Taylor (A2, B2, B3) [Click here to see more vinyl featuring Art Taylor] Drums – Ed Thigpen (A1, A3, B1) Trumpet – Bill Hardman A2, B2-3), Idrees Sulieman (A1, A3, B1) Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Sahib Shihab (A1, A3, B1) Bass – Julian Euell Written by Mal Waldron (A2, B1, B3), Cole Porter (A1), Dorothy Fields (A3), Jerome Kern (A3), Arthur Herzog Jr. (B2), Billie Holiday (B2) 1LP, standard sleeve Original analog Master tape : YES Heavy Press : 180g Record color : black Speed : 33RPM Size : 12” Mono Studio Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated Label : Craft Recordings Original Jazz Classics Series Original Label : Prestige Recorded April 19 (A2, B2, B3) and May 17 (A1, A3, B1), 1957 in NYC at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey Recording by Rydy Van Gelde Produced by Bob Weinstock Mastered and lacquer cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Cover design by Ken Deardoff Liner Notes by Don Gold and Ira Gitler Cover painting by Richard Jennings Originally released in November 1957 Reissued in July 2023 Tracks: Side A: From This Moment On Don't Explain The Way You Look Tonight Side B: One by One J.M.'s Dream Doll Potpourri Reviews : “Before becoming an expatriate in 1965 and eventually settling in Munich, pianist Mal Waldron cut several stateside hard bop albums full of his idiosyncratic and Monk-ish piano work, and featuring choice contributions by some of the music's finest. For this 1957 date, Waldron worked with a stellar sextet interchangeably manned by John Coltrane, Jackie McLean, Idrees Sulieman, Art Taylor, and others. Bookended by the pianist's ebullient "Potpourri" and the avant-noir blues "One by One," the set also includes a fetching cover of Cole Porter's "From This Moment On" and a beautifully complex arrangement of Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain." (Waldron was Holiday's accompanist for the last two years of the singer's life until her death in 1959.) Solo highlights include McLean's keenly constructed solo on Waldron's "J.M.'s Dream Doll" (dedicated to the alto saxophonist and his wife) and Sulieman's incredibly rich and supple trumpet work on "One by One." For his part, Coltrane is in good form throughout, save for a few sour notes and some faltering solos; at this time Coltrane was still coming into his own and a few years shy of the masterful hard bop sides he would record for Atlantic. Waldron here leads a potent crew on an engaging and original set of arrangements. A cut above many of the relatively straightforward and blues-based hard bop dates of the time.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Cook Ratings : AllMusic : 4 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.81 / 5 ; Analog Planet : Music 10 / 11, Sound 9 / 11
