Mal Waldron
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Mal Waldron was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his distinctive, brooding style and collaborations with leading figures of the post-bop and avant-garde jazz scenes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mal Waldron canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9767405 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mal Waldron Context triple: [Abbey Lincoln, collaboratedWith, Mal Waldron]
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A.
Benny Golson
Benny Golson is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger renowned for penning standards like "I Remember Clifford" and co-founding the influential Jazztet.
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B.
Horace Silver
Horace Silver was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for helping define the hard bop style with blues- and gospel-infused compositions.
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C.
Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden was an influential American jazz double bassist and composer known for his work with Ornette Coleman and for founding the Liberation Music Orchestra.
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D.
Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd was an influential American jazz trumpeter and bandleader known for his work in hard bop and later pioneering jazz-funk and fusion styles.
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E.
Chico Hamilton
Chico Hamilton was an influential American jazz drummer and bandleader known for his subtle, cool-toned style and innovative small-group ensembles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mal Waldron Target entity description: Mal Waldron was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his distinctive, brooding style and collaborations with leading figures of the post-bop and avant-garde jazz scenes.
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A.
Benny Golson
Benny Golson is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger renowned for penning standards like "I Remember Clifford" and co-founding the influential Jazztet.
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B.
Horace Silver
Horace Silver was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for helping define the hard bop style with blues- and gospel-infused compositions.
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C.
Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden was an influential American jazz double bassist and composer known for his work with Ornette Coleman and for founding the Liberation Music Orchestra.
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D.
Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd was an influential American jazz trumpeter and bandleader known for his work in hard bop and later pioneering jazz-funk and fusion styles.
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E.
Chico Hamilton
Chico Hamilton was an influential American jazz drummer and bandleader known for his subtle, cool-toned style and innovative small-group ensembles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
ⓘ
human ⓘ jazz pianist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2002 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Abbey Lincoln
NERFINISHED
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Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ Booker Little NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Mingus NERFINISHED ⓘ Clifford Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Dolphy–Little Quintet NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Dolphy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackie McLean NERFINISHED ⓘ John Coltrane NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Lacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Malcolm Earl Waldron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1925-08-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2002-12-02 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African-American ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde jazz
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jazz ⓘ post-bop ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
avant-garde jazz
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post-bop jazz ⓘ |
| name | Mal Waldron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | distinctive brooding piano style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Free at Last
NERFINISHED
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Left Alone NERFINISHED ⓘ Mal/2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Moods NERFINISHED ⓘ The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard NERFINISHED ⓘ The Quest NERFINISHED ⓘ The Seagulls of Kristiansund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
pianist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Black Saint Records
NERFINISHED
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ECM Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Enja Records NERFINISHED ⓘ New Jazz Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Prestige Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasPianistFor | Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteSong | Left Alone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mal Waldron Description of subject: Mal Waldron was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his distinctive, brooding style and collaborations with leading figures of the post-bop and avant-garde jazz scenes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.