Waldron-Haslam is an album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron

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...

 and baritone saxophonist George Haslam

George Haslam

George Haslam is an English avant-garde jazz saxophonist. Haslam's horns of choice are the baritone saxophone and the tárogató....

 recorded in 1994 and released on the English Slam label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Loewy states "The two musicians are fully in sync, aside from the few times, particularly on the improvised pieces, where there is a tendency to ramble. Haslam boasts a singularly attractive, thin tone that balances the pianist's dense styling. The commanding improvisations by both Haslam and Waldron straddle the boundaries of free and post-bop jazz in a compellingly charming way".

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron and George Haslam except as indicated

1. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
   I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
   "I Got It Bad " is a pop and jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster published in 1941...
   
   " (Duke Ellington
   Duke Ellington
   Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
   
   , Paul Francis Webster
   Paul Francis Webster
   Paul Francis Webster was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award.-Biography:...
   
   ) — 8:16
2. "If I Were a Bell
   If I Were a Bell
   "If I Were a Bell" is a song composed by Frank Loesser for his 1950 musical Guys and Dolls.-Guys and Dolls:In the show Guys and Dolls, it is sung by the character Sister Sarah, originally performed by Isabel Bigley on Broadway, and memorialized on the original cast album. On a bet, Sky Masterson...
   
   " (Frank Loesser
   Frank Loesser
   Frank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and scores to the Broadway hits Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows, as well as sharing the Pulitzer Prize for...
   
   ) — 8:08
3. "Catch as Catch Should" — 7:09
4. "Somewhere
   Somewhere (song)
   "Somewhere" is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story which was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the...
   
   " (Leonard Bernstein
   Leonard Bernstein
   Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
   
   , Stephen Sondheim
   Stephen Sondheim
   Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
   
   ) — 5:41
5. "Variations on Brahms 3, Mvt.3
   Symphony No. 3 (Brahms)
   The Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90, is a symphony written by Johannes Brahms. The work was written in the summer of 1883 at Wiesbaden, nearly six years after he completed his Second Symphony...
   
   " ( Johannes Brahms, Mal Waldron) — 4:49
6. "A Time for Duke" (Waldron) — 7:04
7. "The Vortex" (George Haslam) — 8:45
8. "Motion in Order" — 18:47
   • Recorded in Cambrigeshire, England on February 24, 1994