Left Alone

by Mal Waldron

Left Alone cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1960
  • Label: Bethlehem
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Conceived largely as a tribute to Billie Holiday, for whom the pianist served as a final accompanist, the session conveys a profound sense of mourning and emotional gravity. The title track, featuring lyrics penned by Holiday but never recorded by her, remains a haunting centerpiece driven by the leader's brooding chord voicings.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, bluesy, ballad, improvisation, minimal

Tracklist

  1. Left Alone
  2. Catwalk
  3. You Don't Know What Love Is
  4. Minor Pulsation
  5. Airegin
  6. Mal Waldron: The Way He Remembers Billie Holiday

Credits

  • Mal Waldron - primary artist, piano, written-by
  • Jackie McLean - alto saxophone
  • Julian Euell - bass
  • Al Dreares - drums
  • Billie Holiday - written-by
  • Don Raye - written-by
  • Gene DePaul - written-by
  • Sonny Rollins - written-by

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