Spanish Bitch
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Spanish Bitch is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron
recorded in 1970 and released on the ECM label. The album was the second recording on the influentual European jazz label but only released in Japan.
Mal Waldron
Malcolm Earl Waldron was an American jazz and world music pianist and composer, born in New York City.Like his contemporaries, Waldron's roots lie chiefly in the hard bop and post-bop genres of the New York club scene of the 1950s; but with time, he gravitated more towards free jazz and composition...
recorded in 1970 and released on the ECM label. The album was the second recording on the influentual European jazz label but only released in Japan.
Track listing
- All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated
- "Spanish Bitch"
- "Eleanor RigbyEleanor Rigby"Eleanor Rigby" is a song by The Beatles, simultaneously released on the 1966 album Revolver and on a 45 rpm single. The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney...
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) - "Black Chant"
- "All That Funk"
- Recorded in Ludwigsburg, West Germany on September 18, 1970.
Personnel
- Mal WaldronMal WaldronMalcolm Earl Waldron was an American jazz and world music pianist and composer, born in New York City.Like his contemporaries, Waldron's roots lie chiefly in the hard bop and post-bop genres of the New York club scene of the 1950s; but with time, he gravitated more towards free jazz and composition...
— pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... - Isla Eckinger — bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
- Fred BracefulFred BracefulFred Arthur Braceful was a jazz drummer.-Biography:Fred Braceful was born in 1938 as the oldest son of Cludie "Fred" Braceful and Ada Crutcher....
— drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....