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Meditations – Live at Dug is a 1972 live album recorded by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron.[1] This is his solo album recorded live in the jazz club Dug in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo. The record was re-released in 2016 on CD.[2]

Meditations
Live album by Mal Waldron
Released	1972
Recorded	12 July 1972
Venue	Dug, Tokyo
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:05
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Tetsuya Shimoda
Mal Waldron chronology
The Whirling Dervish (1972) Meditations (1972) Up Popped the Devil (1973)

Reception

A reviewer of Dusty Groove stated "A sublime solo performance from Mal Waldron – the kind of unbridled, spiritual work he started giving us once he spent a lot of time overseas – sounds that are light years away from his American records of just a few short years before! Waldron is incredible here – and his ability to work in different ways with each hand on the piano almost makes it feel as if the performance is a duet, instead of a solo – as Mal can lay down modal rhythms with one hand, create incredible flights on the keys with the other – all while holding onto a sense of rhythm and melody that's completely wonderful throughout. Unlike some other Waldron records of this nature, which might go a bit outside – this one is free, but never "out" – and instead has Mal opening up beautifully on the titles "The Blues Suite", "Chairo No Hitomi", "The Stone Garden Of Ryoanji", "Summertime", "All Alone", and "Left Alone"."[3]

Track listing

Personnel

• Mal Waldron – piano
• Keijiro Kubota – design
• Takashi Watanabe – recording mixer
• Takashi Arihara – photographer
• Tetsuya Shimoda – producer

References

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