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The Quest (album)

The Quest
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Studio album by Mal Waldron
Released 1961
Recorded June 27, 1961
Genre Jazz
Length 41:17
Label New Jazz NJ 8269
Producer Esmond Edwards
Mal Waldron chronology
Impressions
(1959)
The Quest
(1961)
Sweet Love, Bitter
(1967)
Eric Dolphy chronology
Where?
(1961)
The Quest
(1961)
At the Five Spot
(1961)
Reissue Cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Down Beat 4.5/5 stars
(Original Lp release)
allmusic (Yanow) 4/5 stars
allmusic (Warburton) 4.5/5 stars

The Quest is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1961 and released on the New Jazz label. Some reissues of the album appear under Eric Dolphy's name.

The allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "the complex music (which falls between hard bop and the avant-garde) is successfully interpreted. Worth checking out". Dan Warburton, writing for allmusic, describes the album as "an outstandingly original (and unjustly neglected) sextet date…."


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