Moods is an album by American 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...

 recorded in 1978 and released by the Enja

Enja Records

Enja Records is a German jazz record label based in Munich, Germany. It was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971....

 label. Originally released as a double LP the CD reissue omitted three of the piano solos (which were included as bonus tracks on the CD reissue of One-Upmanship

One-Upmanship (album)

ne-Upmanship is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron with soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy recorded in 1977 and released by the Enja label...

to fit onto one compact disc and altered the running order, a later CD reissue reinstated Waldron's "Soul Eyes".

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...

 awarded the album 4 stars stating This enjoyable and subtle music gives one a well-rounded picture of Mal Waldron's talents in the late 1970s".

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated

1. "Minoat" — 8:11
2. "A Case of Plus 4's" — 15:04
3. "Sieg Haile" — 19:09
4. "Anxiety" — 3:33
5. "Thoughful" — 6:07 Omitted on CD reissue
6. "Lonely" — 6:33
7. "Happiness" — 3:03
8. "Soul Eyes" — 6:52 Omitted on first CD reissue
9. "I Thought About You
   I Thought About You
   "I Thought About You" is a 1939 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was one of three collaborations Van Heusen and Mercer wrote for the then recently established Mercer-Morris publishing company, started by Mercer and former Warner Bros. publisher Buddy...
   
   " (Jimmy Van Heusen) — 7:38
10. "Duquility" — 8:31 Omitted on CD reissue
    • Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany on May 6 (tracks 1-3) and May 8, 1978 (tracks 4-10).

Personnel

• 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...
  
   — piano
  Piano
  The 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...
  
  
• Terumasa Hino
  Terumasa Hino
  is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. Currently based in New York, Hino is widely acknowledged as one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet and flügelhorn.-Biography:...
  
   — trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
   (tracks 1-3)
• Hermann Breuer — trombone
  Trombone
  The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
  
   (tracks 1-3)
• Steve Lacy
  Steve Lacy
  Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone....
  
   — soprano saxophone
  Soprano saxophone
  The soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in 1840. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass and tubax.A transposing instrument pitched in...
  
   (tracks 1-3)
• Cameron Brown — bass
  Double bass
  The 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...
  
   (tracks 1-3)
• Makaya Ntshoko
  Makaya Ntshoko
  Makaya or Makhaya Ntshoko is a South African drummer.Ntshoko played with Dollar Brand's trio in 1958, and recorded in a sextet with Hugh Masekela and John Mehegan in 1959. Ntshoko plays on the Jazz Epistles album Jazz Epistle: Verse 1, one of the most prominent examples of South African hard bop...
  
   — drums
  Drum kit
  A 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 ....
  
  (tracks 1-3)