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Mal Waldron

1925 - 2002

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Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Waldron led his own bands and played for those led by Charles Mingus, Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy, among others. During Waldron's period as house pianist for Prestige Records in the late 1950s, he appeared on dozens of albums and composed for many of them, including writing his most famous song, "Soul Eyes", for Coltrane. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Mal Waldron is the 1,487th most popular musician (down from 1,363rd in 2024), the 7,758th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,812th in 2019) and the 547th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Mal Waldron ranks 1,487 out of 3,175. Before him are Horst Stein, Randy Brecker, Benjamin Orr, Esbjörn Svensson, Laura Nyro, and Gene Pitney. After him are Jennifer Batten, Tony Scott, Monty Alexander, Shagrath, Bob Daisley, and Bert Jansch.

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Among people born in 1925, Mal Waldron ranks 381. Before him are Art Larsen, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Sándor Gellér, Tony Benn, Toma Caragiu, and Alain Peyrefitte. After him are John Baptist Wu, Ron Tauranac, Ruth First, Olga Aroseva, Bert Bolin, and Károly Makk. Among people deceased in 2002, Mal Waldron ranks 243. Before him are Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Mustafa Mansour, Eduard Gufeld, Yelena Gorchakova, Lily Carlstedt, and John Eriksen. After him are Marianne Hoppe, John Baptist Wu, Kevin Smith, Jack Kruschen, Erna Bogen-Bogáti, and Regīna Ezera.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mal Waldron ranks 7,759 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Charles Wilson (1953), Michael Bishop (1945), Andrew McCarthy (1962), Adoniram Judson (1788), and Katie Eder (1950). After him are Richard Hilton (1955), Bob Guccione (1930), Val Avery (1924), Jennifer Batten (1957), Jack Medica (1914), Greg Louganis (1960), and Camille Keaton (1947).

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Among musicians born in United States, Mal Waldron ranks 547. Before him are Vinny Appice (1957), Mary Travers (1936), Randy Brecker (1945), Benjamin Orr (1947), Laura Nyro (1947), and Gene Pitney (1940). After him are Jennifer Batten (1957), Tony Scott (1921), Joseph Williams (1960), Allen Collins (1952), Larry Graham (1946), and Lester Bowie (1941).

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