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| 1. | You
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| 2. | Finding My Love
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| 3. | Cattin'
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| 4. | Soul Eyes
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| 5. | Eyes on You
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| 6. | Riding a Zephyr
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| 7. | A Time for Duke
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| 8. | All Night Through
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| 9. | Dust
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| 10. | Mal Waldron
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Jazz / Vocal, Post-Bop, Vocalese, Vocal Jazz
Judi Silvano - Producer, Vocals
Mal Waldron - Piano
Aldo Borrelli Engineer
Allan Tucker Pre-Mastering
Flavio Bonandrini Executive Producer
Guy VanDePoel Photography
Howard Mandel Liner Notes
Joe Lovano Producer
Jon Rosenberg Mixing
Maria Bonandrini Cover Art
Sadly, there is a major prejudice against singers in the jazz world; many jazz instrumentalists don't care to work with them or even listen to them. But one cannot say that about veteran pianist Mal Waldron, who has accompanied everyone from Billie Holiday to Jeanne Lee to Abbey Lincoln over the years. Waldron, much to his credit, has a greater understanding of vocalists than many instrumentalists, and he enjoys a consistently strong rapport with Judi Silvano on Riding a Zephyr. Waldron, in fact, is the singer's only accompaniment on this CD, which was recorded in Brussels, Belgium, in 2000 and released by Italy's Soul Note label in 2002. Silvano uses no drums, bass, or horns this time -- only Waldron's acoustic piano -- and the results are strikingly intimate. Waldron's compositions are the CD's main focus; Silvano contributed a few songs, but most of the melodies are Waldron's (including the blues "Cattin'" and the dreamy ballad "Soul Eyes," which is his most famous piece). Silvano does her share of scatting on this session, and she successfully adds her own lyrics to "Empty Street" and "One by One" (two Waldron gems that are usually heard as instrumentals). However, the lyrics that Silvano and husband Joe Lovano wrote for "Flickers" aren't as memorable -- saluting Waldron and describing his accomplishments, they're the sort of awkward tribute lyrics that sound like they were written for a textbook instead of a CD. Yes, Waldron is a jazz giant who deserves to be praised, but do listeners really need to feel like they're hearing someone sing a textbook? Thankfully, those lyrics are the disc's only real flaw. Ninety percent of the time, Riding a Zephyr is an impressive, highly rewarding document of Silvano's encounter with Waldron. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
Judi Silvano
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Genre: Vocal
Styles: Vocalese, Vocal Jazz
Jazz vocalist Judi Silvano first arrived in the early '90s, when she released Dancing Voices on JSL Records. The album brought her smooth, '60s-influenced sound to the public, especially impressing with the self-penned "Ecstacy." With her striking good looks and warm stage presence, she was a hit in club circles and didn't record again until 1996's Vocalise. Another fine effort, she hit the road again but this time came back with the disappointing Songs I Wrote or Wish I Did. Unfazed, she came back two years later with Riding a Zephyr, featuring pianist Mal Waldron on several tracks.
--- Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide
Mal Waldron
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Aug 16, 1926 in New York, NY
Died: Dec 02, 2002 in Brussels, Belgium
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Modern Creative, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Progressive Jazz
A pianist with a brooding, rhythmic, introverted style, Mal Waldron's playing has long been flexible enough to fit into both hard bop and freer settings. Influenced by Thelonious Monk's use of space, Waldron has had his own distinctive chord voicings nearly from the start. Early on, Waldron played jazz on alto and classical music on piano, but he switched permanently to jazz piano while at Queens College. He freelanced around New York in the early '50s with Ike Quebec (for whom he made his recording debut), Big Nick Nicholas, and a variety of R&B-ish groups. Waldron frequently worked with Charles Mingus from 1954-1956 and was Billie Holiday's regular accompanist during her last two years (1957-1959). Often hired by Prestige to supervise recording sessions, Waldron contributed many originals (including "Soul Eyes," which became a standard) and basic arrangements that prevented spontaneous dates from becoming overly loose jam sessions. He has mostly led his own groups since Holiday's death, although he was part of the Eric Dolphy-Booker Little Quintet that was recorded extensively at the Five Spot in 1961, and also worked with Abbey Lincoln for a time during the era. He wrote three film scores (The Cool World, Three Bedrooms in Manhattan, and Sweet Love Bitter) before moving permanently to Europe in 1965, settling in Munich in 1967. Waldron, who has occasionally returned to the U.S. for visits, has long been a major force in the European jazz world. His album Free at Last was the first released by ECM, and his Black Glory was the fourth Enja album. Waldron, who frequently teamed up with Steve Lacy (often as a duet), kept quite busy up through the '90s, featuring a style that evolved but was certainly traceable to his earliest record dates. Among the many labels that have documented his music have been Prestige, New Jazz, Bethlehem, Impulse, Musica, Affinity, ECM, Futura, Nippon Phonogram, Enja, Freedom, Black Lion, Horo, Teichiku, Hat Art, Palo Alto, Eastwind, Baybridge, Paddle Wheel, Muse, Free Lance, Soul Note, Plainisphere, and Timeless. In September of 2002, Waldron was diagnosed with cancer. Remaining optimistic, he continued to tour until he passed away on December 2 in Brussels, Belgium at the age of 76.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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