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Mal Waldron closes the solo sequence with four choruses on piano, the final of 4 solos on the recording. Taken at a medium swing tempo of 137 BPM over the 12-bar Blues in E♭, the improvisation unfolds with comfortable, easygoing swing. Johnnie Splawn takes four trumpet choruses that maintain the session's energy, and Mal Waldron closes the solo sequence with four piano choruses of his characteristically spare, angular improvisation. Recorded for the album Coltrane in 1957, the performance captures Mal Waldron at 31 to 32 years old. Chronic Blues is an original blues composition by John Coltrane, recorded in 1957 for his self-titled debut album on Prestige Records.
Mal Waldron was 31 to 32 years old at the time.
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