Breaking New Ground (Mal Waldron album)

Breaking New Ground
Studio album by Mal Waldron
Released	1983
Recorded	June 28 & 29, 1983
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:51
Label	Baybridge (Japan)
Producer	Jeffrey Kaufman
Mal Waldron chronology
In Retrospect (1982) Breaking New Ground (1983) Mal Waldron Plays Eric Satie (1983)

Breaking New Ground is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1983 and released by the Japanese Baybridge label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Mal Waldron's Breaking New Ground is an abrupt departure for the pianist. Normally focusing on his own compositions, these 1983 trio sessions with Reggie Workman and Ed Blackwell find him mining current pop songs... This CD may startle Waldron's fans a bit, but it proves that he was open to new ideas".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated

1. "Dans La Cuisine d'Alibi"
2. "Suicide Is Painless" (Mike Altman, Johnny Mandel)
3. "After the Love Has Gone" (David Foster, Jay Graydon, Bill Champlin)
4. "Beat It" (Michael Jackson)
5. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder)
6. "Gymnopédie No. 2" (Erik Satie)
7. "Everything Must Change" (Bernard Ighner)
8. "Thy Freedom Come"

• • Recorded in Tokyo, Japan on June 28 & 29, 1983

Personnel

• Mal Waldron — piano
• Reggie Workman — bass
• Ed Blackwell — drums

References