| Meditations | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Mal Waldron |
| Cover: | Meditations – Live at Dug.jpg |
| Released: | 1972 |
| Recorded: | 12 July 1972 |
| Venue: | Dug, Tokyo |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 45:05 |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Producer: | Tetsuya Shimoda |
| Prev Title: | The Whirling Dervish |
| Prev Year: | 1972 |
| Next Title: | Up Popped the Devil |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
Meditations – Live at Dug is a 1972 live album recorded by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron.[1] This is his solo album recorded live in the jazz club Dug in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo. The record was re-released in 2016 on CD.[2]
A reviewer of Dusty Groove stated "A sublime solo performance from Mal Waldron – the kind of unbridled, spiritual work he started giving us once he spent a lot of time overseas – sounds that are light years away from his American records of just a few short years before! Waldron is incredible here – and his ability to work in different ways with each hand on the piano almost makes it feel as if the performance is a duet, instead of a solo – as Mal can lay down modal rhythms with one hand, create incredible flights on the keys with the other – all while holding onto a sense of rhythm and melody that's completely wonderful throughout. Unlike some other Waldron records of this nature, which might go a bit outside – this one is free, but never "out" – and instead has Mal opening up beautifully on the titles "The Blues Suite", "Chairo No Hitomi", "The Stone Garden Of Ryoanji", "Summertime", "All Alone", and "Left Alone"."[3]