Blues for Lady Day (subtitled A Personal Tribute to Billie Holiday) is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring performances recorded in Baarn, Holland in 1972 and released on the Freedom label.[1] The album was rereleased on CD on Black Lion Records in 1994 combined with tracks from A Little Bit of Miles.
| Blues for Lady Day | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | February 5, 1972 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 69:59 | |||
| Label | Freedom | |||
| Producer | Alan Bates | |||
| Mal Waldron chronology | ||||
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Reception
editThe Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "the emphasis is on thoughtful (and sometimes a bit downbeat) interpretations at ballad tempoes".[2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Tom Hull | B+ ( )[3] |
Track listing
edit- "Blues for Lady Day" (Mal Waldron) — 3:43
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) — 4:04
- "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) — 3:20
- "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) — 5:38
- "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) — 3:01
- "You're My Thrill" (Jay Gorney, Sidney Clare) — 3:39
- "Strange Fruit" (Abel Meeropol) — 2:47
- "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) — 4:48
- "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) — 3:01
- Recorded in Baarn, Holland on February 5, 1972.
Personnel
edit- Mal Waldron – piano
References
edit- ^ Mal Waldron discography accessed February 25, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 25, 2011
- ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.