Mal Waldron was een jazzpianist en -componist. Hij nam in de periode 1952-2002 meer dan honderd albums onder eigen naam op en speelde als 'sideman' mee op meer dan tachtig platen. Deze discografie vermeldt ook de filmsoundtracks waarvoor hij heeft geschreven.
Discografie Een asterisk (*) geeft het jaar van verschijnen aan.
Als leider/co-leider Jaar opnameTitelLabelPersoneel/Noten1956Mal-1 PrestigeMet Idrees Sulieman (trompet), Gigi Gryce (altsaxofoon), Julian Euell (contrabas), Arthur Edgehill (drums)1957Mal/2 PrestigeMet Bill Hardman en Idrees Sulieman (trompet; apart), Jackie McLean en Sahib Shihab (altsaxofoon; apart), John Coltrane (tenorsaxofoon), Julian Euell (contrabas), Art Taylor en Ed Thigpen (drums; apart)1957The Dealers StatusMet Bill Hardman (trompet), John Coltrane en Paul Quinichette (tenorsaxofoon), Frank Wess (tenorsaxofoon, fluit), Jackie McLean (altsaxofoon), Julian Euell en Doug Watkins (contrabas; apart), Art Taylor (drums)1958Mal/3: Sounds New JazzMet Art Farmer (trompet), Eric Dixon (fluit), Calo Scott (cello), Julian Euell (contrabas), Elvin Jones (drums), Elaine Waldron (zang op twee nummers)1958Just Wailin''' |New Jazz |Met Herbie Mann, Charlie Rouse en Kenny Burrell |- |1958 |Mal/4: Trio|New Jazz |Met Addison Farmer (contrabas), Kenny Dennis (drums) |- |1959 |Left Alone |Bethlehem |Met Jackie McLean (altsaxofoon op één nummer), Julian Euell (contrabas), Al Dreares (drums); Waldron praat over Billie Holiday op een track |- |1959 |Impressions |New Jazz |Met Addison Farmer (contrabas), Albert Heath (drums) |- |1959 |The Blues Minus You|Music Minus One |Met Wendell Marshall (contrabas), Charles Perry (drums) |- |1960 |Moonglow and Stardust|Music Minus One |Met Wendell Marshall (contrabas), Charles Perry (drums) |- |1960 |The Music Of Duke Ellington|Music Minus One |Met Wendell Marshall en Addison Farmer (contrabas; apart), Charles Perry en Ed Shaughnessy (drums; apart) |- |1960 |The Music Of Jimmy McHugh|Music Minus One |Met George Duvivier (contrabas), Ed Shaughnessy (drums) |- |1960 |Mal Waldron|Music Minus One |Onbekend (contrabas), onbekend (drums) |- |1960 |For Singers 'n Swingers|Music Minus One |Met George Duvivier (contrabas), Ed Shaughnessy (drums) |- |1961 |The Quest |New Jazz |Met Eric Dolphy (altsaxofoon, basklarinet), Booker Ervin (tenorsaxofoon), Ron Carter (cello), Joe Benjamin (contrabas) Charlie Persip (drums) |- |1961 |Fun with Brushes|Music Minus One |Met Addison Farmer (contrabas), Charles Perry (drums) |- |1961 |Blue Drums|Music Minus One |Met Wendell Marshall (contrabas), Charles Perry (drums) |- |1963* |Les Nuits de la Negritude|Powertree |Met George Tucker (contrabas), Al Dreares (drums) |- |1966 |All Alone |GTA |Solo-piano |- |1966 |Mal Waldron Trio|Karim |Met Giovanni Tommaso (contrabas), Pepito Pignatelli (drums) |- |1967 |Sweet Love, Bitter |Impulse! |Met Dave Burnes (trompet), George Coleman (tenorsaxofoon, altsaxofoon), Charles Davis (baritonsaxofoon), Richard Davis en George Duvivier (contrabas; apart), Al Dreares (drums); soundtrack-album |- |1969 |Ursula |Musica |Met Patrice Caratini (contrabas), Franco Manzecchi (drums) |- |1969 |Set Me Free |Affinity |Met Barre Phillips (contrabas), Philly Joe Jones (drums) |- |1969 |Free at Last |ECM |Met Isla Eckinger (contrabas), Clarence Beckton (drums) |- |1970 |Tokyo Bound |RCA Victor |Met Yasuo Arakawa (contrabas), Takeshi Inomata (drums) |- |1970 |Tokyo Reverie |RCA Victor |Solo-piano |- |1970 |Blood and Guts |Futura |Met Patrice Caratini (contrabas), Guy Hayat (drums) |- |1970 |Spanish Bitch |ECM |Met Isla Eckinger (contrabas), Fred Brasful (drums) |- |1970 |The Opening |Futura |Solo-piano |- |1971 |The Call |JAPO |Met Jimmy Jackson (orgel), Eberhard Weber (elektrische bas), Fred Braceful (drums, percussie) |- |1971 |Mal: Live 4 to 1 |Philips |Solo-piano op 5 nummers; duo met Masabumi Kikuchi (piano) op 2 tracks; trio met Isao Suzuki (contrabas), Yoshiyuki Nakamura (drums) op 2 tracks; kwartet met Kohsuke Mine (altsaxofoon), Suzuki, Nakamura op 2 nummers; 'live' |- |1971 |First Encounter |RCA Victor |Met Gary Peacock (contrabas; co-leider), Hiroshi Murakami (drums) |- |1971 |Number Nineteen |Freedom |Met Dick Van Der Capellen (contrabas), Martin Van Duynhoven (drums) |- |1971 |Black Glory|Enja |Met Jimmy Woode (contrabas), Pierre Favre (drums) |- |1971 |Mal Waldron Plays the Blues |Enja |Met Jimmy Woode (contrabas), Pierre Favre (drums) |- |1971 |Signals |Freedom |Solo-piano |- |1971 |Journey Without End|RCA Victor |Met Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon; co-leider), Kent Carter (contrabas), Noel McGhie (drums) |- |1972 |Blues for Lady Day |Black Lion |Solo-piano |- |1972 |A Little Bit of Miles |Freedom |Met Henk Haverhoek (contrabas), Pierre Courbois (drums) |- |1972 |Jazz a Confronto 19 |Horo |Solo-piano |- |1972 |A Touch of the Blues |Enja |Met Jimmy Woode (contrabas), Allen Blairman (drums) |- |1972 |Mal Waldron on Steinway |Teichiku |Solo-piano |- |1972 |Mal Waldron with the Steve Lacy Quintet |America (France) |Met Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon), Steve Potts (altsaxofoon), Irene Aebi (cello), Kent Carter (contrabas), Noel McGhie (drums, percussie) |- |1972 |The Whirling Dervish |America (France) |Met Peter Warren (contrabas), Noel McGhie (drums) |- |1972 |Meditations|RCA Victor |Solo-piano |- |1973 |Up Popped the Devil |Enja |Met Carla Poole (fluit op één track), Reggie Workman (contrabas), Billy Higgins (drums) |- |1974 |Hard Talk |Enja |Met Manfred Schoof (kornet), Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon), Isla Eckinger (contrabas), Allen Blairman (drums); 'live' |- |1976 |Like Old Time |RCA Victor |Met Jackie McLean (altsaxofoon; co-leider), Isao Suzuki (contrabas), Billy Higgins (drums) |- |1977 |One-Upmanship |Enja |Met Manfred Schoof (trompet), Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon), Jimmy Woode (contrabas), Makaya Ntshoko (drums) |- |1978 |Moods |Enja |Met Terumasa Hino (trompet), Hermann Breuer (trombone), Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon), Cameron Brown (contrabas), Makaya Ntshoko (drums) op 3 tracks; solo piano op 7 tracks |- |1979 |Mingus Lives |Enja |Solo-piano |- |1981 |Mal 81 |Progressive |Met George Mraz (contrabas), Al Foster (drums) |- |1981 |News: Run About Mal |Progressive |Met George Mraz (contrabas), Al Foster (drums) |- |1981 |Snake Out |Hathut |Met Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon; co-leider) |- |1981 |Herbe de l'oubli |Hathut |Met Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon; co-leider) |- |1981 |Let's Call This |Hathut |Met Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon; co-leider) |- |1981 |Live at Dreher, Paris 1981 |Hathut |Met Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon; co-leider); (de albums Snake Out, Herbe de l'oubli en Let's Call This, met extra tracks |- |1981 |What It Is |Enja |Met Clifford Jordan (tenorsaxofoon), Cecil McBee (contrabas), Dannie Richmond (drums) |- |1982 |One Entrance, Many Exits |Palo Alto |Met Joe Henderson (tenorsaxofoon), David Friesen (contrabas), Billy Higgins (drums) |- |1982 |In Retrospect |Baybridge |Met Akira Miyazawa (tenorsaxofoon, fluit), Isao Suzuki (contrabas), Hironobu Fujisawa (drums) |- |1983 |Breaking New Ground |Baybridge |Met Reggie Workman (contrabas), Ed Blackwell (drums) |- |1983 |Mal Waldron Plays Eric Satie |Baybridge |Met Reggie Workman (contrabas), Ed Blackwell (drums) |- |1983 |You and the Night and the Music |Paddle Wheel |Met Reggie Workman (contrabas), Ed Blackwell (drums) |- |1984 |Encounters |Muse |Met David Friesen (contrabas; co-leider) |- |1985 |Mal Waldron and Alone|CBS/Sony |Solo-piano |- |1985 |Songs of Love and Regret |Freelance Records |Met Marion Brown (altsaxofoon; co-leider) |- |1985 |Dedication |Soul Note |Met David Friesen (contrabas; co-leider) |- |1985 |Piano Duo Live at Pit Inn |CBS/Sony |Duo, met Yōsuke Yamashita (piano) |- |1986 |Space|Vent du Sud |Met Michel Marre (trompet, bugel), Doudou Gouirand (altsaxofoon, sopraansaxofoon), Joel Allouche (tabla; één track) |- |1986 |Sempre Amore |Soul Note |Met Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon; co-leider) |- |1986 |Update |Soul Note |Solo-piano |- |1986 |Left Alone '86 |Paddle Wheel |Met Jackie McLean (altsaxofoon; co-leider), Herbie Lewis (contrabas), Eddie Moore (drums) |- |1986 |The Git Go - Live at the Village Vanguard|Soul Note |Met Woody Shaw (trompet), Charlie Rouse (tenorsaxofoon, fluit), Reggie Workman (contrabas), Ed Blackwell (drums) |- |1986 |The Seagulls of Kristiansund |Soul Note |Personeel: zie The Git Go - Live at the Village Vanguard|- |1987 |Both Sides Now|Century |Solo-piano |- |1987 |Our Colline's a Treasure |Soul Note |Met Leonard Jones (contrabas), Sangoma Everett (drums) |- |1987 |Remembering the Moment|Soul Note |Met Julian Priester (trombone), Jim Pepper (tenorsaxofoon), David Friesen (contrabas), Eddie Moore (drums) |- |1987 |The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil |Paddle Wheel |Met Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon), Reggie Workman (contrabas), Eddie Moore (drums) |- |1987 |Mal, Dance and Soul |Enja |Met Ed Schuller (contrabas), John Betsch (drums), Jim Pepper (tenorsaxofoon; vier tracks) |- |1988 |Evidence |Dark Light |Solo-piano |- |1988 |Art of the Duo|Tutu |Met Jim Pepper (tenorsaxofoon, sopraansaxofoon) |- |1988 |No More Tears (For Lady Day) |Timeless |Met Paulo Cardoso (contrabas), John Betsch (drums) |- |1989 |Into the Light|Materiali Sonori |Met Christian Burchard (vibrafoon), Michael Schone (contrabas), Dieter Serfas (percussie); ook bekend als Duo, Solo, Quartet|- |1989 |Crowd Scene |Soul Note |Met Sonny Fortune (altsaxofoon), Ricky Ford (tenorsaxofoon), Reggie Workman (contrabas), Eddie Moore (drums) |- |1989 |Where Are You? |Soul Note |Personeel: zie Crowd Scene|- |1989 |Quadrologue at Utopia |Tutu |Met Jim Pepper (tenorsaxofoon, sopraansaxofoon), Ed Schuller (contrabas), John Betsch (drums) |- |1989 |More Git' Go at Utopia |Tutu |Met Jim Pepper (tenorsaxofoon, sopraansaxofoon), Ed Schuller (contrabas), John Betsch (drums) |- |1990 |Spring in Prague |Alfa Jazz |Met Paulo Cardoso (contrabas), John Betsch (drums) |- |1990 |Hot House |Arista/Novus |Met Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon; co-leider) |- |1992 |I Remember Thelonious |Nel Jazz |Met Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon; co-leider) |- |1993 |My Dear Family |Evidence |Met Eddie Henderson (trompet, bugel), Grover Washington Jr. (sopraansaxofoon; 3 tracks), Reggie Workman (contrabas), Pheeroan Ak Laff (drums) |- |1993 |Let's Call This... Esteem|Slam |Met Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon; co-leider); 'live' |- |1994 |Waldron-Haslam |Slam |Met George Haslam (baritonsaxofoon; co-leider) |- |1994 |After Hours |Owl |Met Jeanne Lee (zang; co-leider) |- |1994 |Mingus, Monk, and Mal|Freelance |Met Judy Niemack (zang; co-leider) |- |1994 |Communiqué|Soul Note |Met Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon; co-leider) |- |1994 |Mal, Verve, Black & Blue |Tutu |Met Nicolas Simion (tenorsaxofoon), Ed Schuller (contrabas), Victor Jones (drums) |- |1995 |Explorations... to the Mth Degree|Slam |Met Max Roach (drums, co-leider); 'live' |- |1995 |Two New |Slam |Met George Haslam (baritonsaxofoon; co-leider) |- |1995 |Maturity 4: White Road, Black Rain |Tokuma |Met Toru Tenda (fluit), Jeanne Lee (zang) |- |1995 |Maturity 3: Dual |Tokuma |Met Takeo Moriyama (drums) |- |1995 |Maturity 2: He's My Father |Tokuma |Met Mala Waldron (piano, zang) |- |1995 |Travellin' in Soul Time|Bvhaast |Met Jeanne Lee (zang), Toru Tenda (fluit); 'live' |- |1995 |Art of the Duo: The Big Rochade |Tutu |Met Nicolas Simion (sopraansaxofoon, tenorsaxofoon, basklarinet) |- |1995–1999 |Mal Waldron|Tokuma |Solo-piano |- |1996 |Maturity 5: The Elusiveness of Mt. Fuji |Tokuma |Solo-piano |- |1997 |Soul Eyes |BMG |Met Jeanne Lee en Abbey Lincoln (zang) |- |1998 |Maturity 1: Klassics |Tokuma |Met Yoshihiko Katori (vibrafoon), Kengo Nakamura (contrabas) op enkele tracks |- |2000 |Riding a Zephyr |Soul Note |Met Judi Silvano (zang) |- |2001 |Silence|Justin Time |Met David Murray (tenorsaxofoon, basklarinet) |- |2002 |One More Time |Sketch |Met Steve Lacy (sopraansaxofoon), Jean-Jacques Avenel (contrabas) |- |2002