Impressions (Mal Waldron album) explained

Impressions
Type:	Album
Artist:	Mal Waldron
Cover:	Impressions (Mal Waldron album).jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	March 20, 1959
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	41:28
Label:	New Jazz
Chronology:	Mal Waldron
Prev Title:	Left Alone
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	The Quest
Next Year:	1961

Impressions is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron, recorded in 1959 and released on the New Jazz label.^[1]

Reception

A contemporaneous review by the New Pittsburgh Courier stated that it was Waldron's "best trio offering to date" and "definitely of five-star calibre"^[2] The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, stating "Waldron's brooding Monk-influenced style is heard in its early prime on this excellent release".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated

1. "Les Champs Elysées"  - 6:22
2. "C'est Formidable"  - 4:04
3. "Ciao"  - 9:55
4. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn)  - 5:47
5. "All the Way" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)  - 6:38
6. "All About Us" (Elaine Waldron)  - 5:02
7. "With a Song in My Heart" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)  - 3:40

Personnel

• Mal Waldron  - piano
• Addison Farmer  - bass
• Albert Heath  - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/mal-waldron/catalog/#new-jazz-njlp-8242 Mal Waldron discography
2. Keith, Harold L. (February 25, 1961) "Data 'Bout Discs" New Pittsburgh Courier, p. 20.
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 21, 2011.