| Year recorded
|
Title
|
Label
|
Year released
|
Personnel/Notes
|
| 1956
|
Mal-1
|
Prestige
|
1957
|
With Idrees Sulieman (trumpet), Gigi Gryce (alto sax), Julian Euell (bass), Arthur Edgehill (drums)
|
| 1957
|
Mal/2
|
Prestige
|
1957
|
With Bill Hardman and Idrees Sulieman (trumpet; separately), Jackie McLean and Sahib Shihab (alto sax; separately), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Julian Euell (bass), Art Taylor and Ed Thigpen (drums; separately)
|
| 1957
|
The Dealers
|
Status
|
1964
|
With Bill Hardman (trumpet), John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette (tenor sax), Frank Wess (tenor sax, flute), Jackie McLean (alto sax), Julian Euell and Doug Watkins (bass; separately), Art Taylor (drums)
|
| 1958
|
Mal/3: Sounds
|
New Jazz
|
1958
|
With Art Farmer (trumpet), Eric Dixon (flute), Calo Scott (cello), Julian Euell (bass), Elvin Jones (drums), Elaine Waldron (vocals; two tracks)
|
| 1958
|
Just Wailin'
|
New Jazz
|
1958
|
With Herbie Mann, Charlie Rouse and Kenny Burrell
|
| 1958
|
Mal/4: Trio
|
New Jazz
|
1958
|
With Addison Farmer (bass), Kenny Dennis (drums)
|
| 1959
|
Left Alone
|
Bethlehem
|
1959
|
With Jackie McLean (alto sax; one track only), Julian Euell (bass), Al Dreares (drums); Waldron talks about Billie Holiday on one track
|
| 1959
|
Impressions
|
New Jazz
|
1959
|
With Addison Farmer (bass), Albert Heath (drums)
|
| 1959
|
The Blues Minus You
|
Music Minus One
|
1975
|
With Wendell Marshall (bass), Charles Perry (drums)
|
| 1960
|
Moonglow and Stardust
|
Music Minus One
|
1960
|
With Wendell Marshall (bass), Charles Perry (drums)
|
| 1960
|
The Music Of Duke Ellington
|
Music Minus One
|
?
|
With Wendell Marshall and Addison Farmer (bass; separately), Charles Perry and Ed Shaughnessy (drums; separately)
|
| 1960
|
The Music Of Jimmy McHugh
|
Music Minus One
|
?
|
With George Duvivier (bass), Ed Shaughnessy (drums)
|
| 1960
|
Mal Waldron
|
Music Minus One
|
?
|
With unknown (bass), unknown (drums)
|
| 1960
|
For Singers 'n Swingers
|
Music Minus One
|
1960
|
With George Duvivier (bass), Ed Shaughnessy (drums)
|
| 1961
|
The Quest
|
New Jazz
|
1962
|
With Eric Dolphy (alto sax, bass clarinet), Booker Ervin (tenor sax), Ron Carter (cello), Joe Benjamin (bass) Charlie Persip (drums)
|
| 1961
|
Fun with Brushes
|
Music Minus One
|
?
|
With Addison Farmer (bass), Charles Perry (drums)
|
| 1961
|
Blue Drums
|
Music Minus One
|
?
|
With Wendell Marshall (bass), Charles Perry (drums)
|
| 1963?
|
Les Nuits de la Negritude
|
Powertree
|
1963
|
With George Tucker (bass), Al Dreares (drums)
|
| 1966
|
All Alone
|
GTA
|
1966
|
Solo piano
|
| 1966?
|
Mal Waldron Trio
|
Karim
|
1966
|
With Giovanni Tommaso (bass), Pepito Pignatelli (drums)
|
| 1967
|
Sweet Love, Bitter
|
Impulse!
|
1967
|
With Dave Burnes (trumpet), George Coleman (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone), Charles Davis (baritone saxophone), Richard Davis and George Duvivier (bass; separately), Al Dreares (drums); soundtrack album
|
| 1969
|
Ursula
|
Musica
|
1969
|
With Patrice Caratini (bass), Franco Manzecchi (drums)
|
| 1969
|
Set Me Free
|
Affinity
|
1984
|
With Barre Phillips, (bass) Philly Joe Jones (drums)
|
| 1969
|
Free at Last
|
ECM
|
1970
|
With Isla Eckinger (bass), Clarence Beckton (drums)
|
| 1970
|
Tokyo Bound
|
RCA Victor
|
1970
|
With Yasuo Arakawa (bass), Takeshi Inomata (drums)
|
| 1970
|
Tokyo Reverie
|
RCA Victor
|
1970
|
Solo piano
|
| 1970
|
Blood and Guts
|
Futura
|
1970
|
With Patrice Caratini (bass), Guy Hayat (drums)
|
| 1970
|
Spanish Bitch
|
ECM (Japan)
|
1970
|
With Isla Eckinger (bass), Fred Braceful (drums, percussion)
|
| 1970
|
The Opening
|
Futura
|
1970
|
Solo piano
|
| 1971
|
The Call
|
JAPO
|
1971
|
With Jimmy Jackson (organ), Eberhard Weber (electric bass), Fred Braceful (drums, percussion)
|
| 1970
|
Mal: Live 4 to 1
|
Philips
|
1971
|
Solo piano on 5 tracks; duo with Masabumi Kikuchi (piano) on 2 tracks; trio with Isao Suzuki (bass), Yoshiyuki Nakamura (drums) on 2 tracks; quartet with Kohsuke Mine (alto saxophone), Suzuki, Nakamura on 2 tracks; in concert
|
| 1971
|
First Encounter
|
RCA Victor
|
1971
|
Co-led with Gary Peacock (bass); with Hiroshi Murakami (drums)
|
| 1971
|
Number Nineteen
|
Freedom
|
1971
|
With Dick Van Der Capellen (bass), Martin Van Duynhoven (drums)
|
| 1971
|
Black Glory
|
Enja
|
1971
|
With Jimmy Woode (bass), Pierre Favre (drums)
|
| 1971
|
Mal Waldron Plays the Blues
|
Enja
|
1971
|
With Jimmy Woode (bass), Pierre Favre (drums)
|
| 1971
|
Signals
|
Freedom
|
1971
|
Solo piano
|
| 1971
|
Journey Without End
|
RCA Victor
|
1972
|
Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax); with Kent Carter (bass) and Noel McGhie (drums)
|
| 1972
|
Blues for Lady Day
|
Black Lion
|
1973
|
Solo piano
|
| 1972
|
A Little Bit of Miles
|
Freedom
|
1974
|
With Henk Haverhoek (bass), Pierre Courbois (drums)
|
| 1972?
|
Jazz a Confronto 19
|
Horo
|
1972
|
Solo piano
|
| 1972
|
A Touch of the Blues
|
Enja
|
1975
|
With Jimmy Woode (bass), Allen Blairman (drums)
|
| 1972
|
Mal Waldron on Steinway
|
Teichiku
|
1973
|
Solo piano
|
| 1972
|
Mal Waldron with the Steve Lacy Quintet
|
America (France)
|
1972
|
With Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Steve Potts (alto sax), Irene Aebi (cello), Kent Carter (bass), Noel McGhie (drums, percussion)
|
| 1972
|
The Whirling Dervish
|
America (France)
|
1972
|
With Peter Warren (bass), Noel McGhie (drums)
|
| 1972
|
Meditations
|
RCA Victor
|
1972
|
Solo piano
|
| 1973
|
Up Popped the Devil
|
Enja
|
1974
|
With Carla Poole (flute; one track only), Reggie Workman (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)
|
| 1974
|
Hard Talk
|
Enja
|
1974
|
With Manfred Schoof (cornet), Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Isla Eckinger (bass), Allen Blairman (drums); in concert
|
| 1976
|
Like Old Times
|
Victor
|
1976
|
Co-led with Jackie McLean (alto sax); with Isao Suzuki (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)
|
| 1977
|
One-Upmanship
|
Enja
|
1977
|
Quinted (Manfred Schoof (trumpet), Jimmy Woode (bass) and Makaya Ntshoko (drums)) plus Steve Lacy (soprano sax)
|
| 1978
|
Moods
|
Enja
|
1978
|
With Terumasa Hino (trumpet), Hermann Breuer (trombone), Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Cameron Brown (bass), Makaya Ntshoko (drums) on 3 tracks; solo piano on 7 tracks
|
| 1979
|
Mingus Lives
|
Enja
|
1979
|
Solo piano
|
| 1981
|
Mal 81
|
Progressive
|
1981
|
With George Mraz (bass), Al Foster (drums)
|
| 1981
|
News: Run About Mal
|
Progressive
|
1982
|
With George Mraz (bass), Al Foster (drums)
|
| 1981
|
Snake Out
|
Hathut
|
1982
|
Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax)
|
| 1981
|
Herbe de l'oubli
|
Hathut
|
1983
|
Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax)
|
| 1981
|
Let's Call This
|
Hathut
|
1986
|
Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax) [2LP]
|
| 1981
|
Live at Dreher, Paris 1981
|
Hathut
|
1981
|
Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax); compiles Snake Out, Herbe de l'oubli and Let's Call This, with additional tracks
|
| 1981
|
What It Is
|
Enja
|
1981
|
With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), Cecil McBee (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums)
|
| 1982
|
One Entrance, Many Exits
|
Palo Alto
|
1983
|
With Joe Henderson (tenor sax), David Friesen (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)
|
| 1982
|
In Retrospect
|
Baybridge
|
1982
|
With Akira Miyazawa (tenor sax, flute), Isao Suzuki (bass), Hironobu Fujisawa (drums)
|
| 1983
|
Breaking New Ground
|
Baybridge
|
1983
|
With Reggie Workman (bass), Ed Blackwell (drums)
|
| 1983
|
Mal Waldron Plays Eric Satie
|
Baybridge
|
1984
|
With Reggie Workman (bass), Ed Blackwell (drums)
|
| 1983
|
You and the Night and the Music
|
Paddle Wheel
|
1984
|
With Reggie Workman (bass), Ed Blackwell (drums)
|
| 1984
|
Encounters
|
Muse
|
1985
|
Co-led with David Friesen (bass)
|
| 1985
|
Mal Waldron and Alone
|
CBS/Sony
|
1985
|
Solo piano
|
| 1985
|
Songs of Love and Regret
|
Freelance Records
|
1986
|
Co-led with Marion Brown (alto sax)
|
| 1985
|
Dedication
|
Soul Note
|
1988
|
Co-led with David Friesen (bass)
|
| 1985
|
Piano Duo Live at Pit Inn
|
CBS/Sony
|
1988
|
Co-led duo with Yōsuke Yamashita (piano)
|
| 1986
|
Space
|
Vent du Sud
|
1986
|
With Michel Marre (trumpet, flugelhorn), Doudou Gouirand (alto sax, soprano sax), Joel Allouche (tabla; one track)
|
| 1986
|
Sempre Amore
|
Soul Note
|
1987
|
With Steve Lacy (soprano sax; co-leader)
|
| 1986
|
Update
|
Soul Note
|
1987
|
Solo piano
|
| 1986
|
Left Alone '86
|
Paddle Wheel
|
1987
|
Co-led with Jackie McLean (alto sax); with Herbie Lewis (bass), Eddie Moore (drums)
|
| 1986
|
The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard
|
Soul Note
|
1987
|
With Woody Shaw (trumpet), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax, flute), Reggie Workman (bass), Ed Blackwell (drums)
|
| 1986
|
The Seagulls of Kristiansund
|
Soul Note
|
1987
|
Personnel as The Git Go - Live at the Village Vanguard
|
| 1987
|
Both Sides Now
|
Century
|
1987
|
Solo piano
|
| 1987
|
Our Colline's a Treasure
|
Soul Note
|
1987
|
With Leonard Jones (bass), Sangoma Everett (drums)
|
| 1987
|
Remembering the Moment
|
Soul Note
|
1994
|
With Julian Priester (trombone), Jim Pepper (tenor sax), David Friesen (bass), Eddie Moore (drums)
|
| 1987
|
The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil
|
Paddle Wheel
|
1987
|
With Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Reggie Workman (bass), Eddie Moore (drums)
|
| 1987
|
Mal, Dance and Soul
|
Tutu
|
1988
|
With Ed Schuller (bass), John Betsch (drums), Jim Pepper (tenor sax; four tracks)
|
| 1988
|
Evidence
|
Dark Light
|
1991
|
Solo piano
|
| 1988
|
Art of the Duo
|
Tutu
|
1989
|
With Jim Pepper (tenor sax, soprano sax)
|
| 1988
|
No More Tears (For Lady Day)
|
Timeless
|
1989
|
With Paulo Cardoso (bass), John Betsch (drums)
|
| 1989–90
|
Into the Light
|
Materiali Sonori
|
1990
|
With Christian Burchard (vibes), Michael Schone (bass), Dieter Serfas (percussion); also known as Duo, Solo, Quartet
|
| 1989
|
Crowd Scene
|
Soul Note
|
1989
|
With Sonny Fortune (alto sax), Ricky Ford (tenor sax), Reggie Workman (b), Eddie Moore (d)
|
| 1989
|
Where Are You?
|
Soul Note
|
1989?
|
The same personnel as on Crowd Scene
|
| 1989
|
Quadrologue at Utopia
|
Tutu
|
1990
|
With Jim Pepper (tenor sax, soprano sax), Ed Schuller (bass), John Betsch (drums)
|
| 1989
|
More Git' Go at Utopia
|
Tutu
|
1994
|
With Jim Pepper (tenor sax, soprano sax), Ed Schuller (bass), John Betsch (drums)
|
| 1990
|
Spring in Prague
|
Alfa Jazz
|
1990
|
With Paulo Cardoso (bass), John Betsch (drums)
|
| 1990
|
Hot House
|
Arista/Novus
|
1991
|
Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax)
|
| 1992
|
I Remember Thelonious
|
Nel Jazz
|
1996
|
Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax)
|
| 1993
|
Let's Call This... Esteem
|
Slam
|
1993
|
Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax); in concert
|
| 1993
|
My Dear Family
|
Evidence
|
1994
|
With Eddie Henderson (trumpet, flugelhorn), Grover Washington Jr. (soprano sax; 3 tracks), Reggie Workman (bass), Pheeroan Ak Laff (drums)
|
| 1994
|
Waldron-Haslam
|
Slam
|
1994
|
Co-led with George Haslam (baritone sax)
|
| 1994
|
After Hours
|
Owl
|
1994
|
Co-led with Jeanne Lee (vocals)
|
| 1994
|
Mingus, Monk, and Mal
|
Freelance
|
1995
|
Co-led with Judy Niemack (vocals)
|
| 1994
|
Communiqué
|
Soul Note
|
1997
|
Co-led with Steve Lacy (soprano sax)
|
| 1994
|
Mal, Verve, Black & Blue
|
Tutu
|
1996
|
With Nicolas Simion (tenor sax), Ed Schuller (bass), Victor Jones (drums)
|
| 1995
|
Explorations... to the Mth Degree
|
Slam
|
1996
|
Co-led with Max Roach (drums); in concert [2CD]
|
| 1995
|
Two New
|
Slam
|
1995
|
Co-led with George Haslam (baritone sax)
|
| 1995
|
Maturity 2: He's My Father
|
Tokuma
|
2003
|
With Mala Waldron (piano, vocals)
|
| 1995
|
Maturity 3: 'Dual
|
Tokuma
|
1996
|
With Takeo Moriyama (drums)
|
| 1995
|
Maturity 4: White Road, Black Rain
|
Tokuma
|
2003
|
With Toru Tenda (flute), Jeanne Lee (vocals)
|
| 1995
|
Travellin' in Soul Time
|
Bvhaast
|
1997
|
With Jeanne Lee (vocals), Toru Tenda (flute); in concert
|
| 1995
|
Art of the Duo: The Big Rochade
|
Tutu
|
1998
|
With Nicolas Simion (soprano sax, tenor sax, bass clarinet)
|
| 1995–99
|
Mal Waldron
|
Tokuma
|
2003
|
Solo piano
|
| 1996
|
Maturity 5: The Elusiveness of Mt. Fuji
|
Tokuma
|
1997
|
Solo piano
|
| 1997
|
Soul Eyes
|
BMG
|
1997
|
Featuring Jeanne Lee and Abbey Lincoln (vocals)
|
| 1998
|
Maturity 1: Klassics
|
Tokuma
|
1999
|
With Yoshihiko Katori (vibes), Kengo Nakamura (bass) on some tracks
|
| 2000
|
Riding a Zephyr
|
Soul Note
|
2002
|
With Judi Silvano (vocals)
|
| 2001
|
Silence
|
Justin Time
|
2008
|
Co-led duo with David Murray (tenor sax, bass clarinet)
|
| 2002
|
One More Time
|
Sketch
|
2002
|
With Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Jean-Jacques Avenel (bass)
|
| 2002
|
Left Alone Revisited
|
Enja
|
2002
|
Co-led duo with Archie Shepp (tenor sax, vocals)
|
