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Mal Waldron

Jazz pianist, arranger, and composer Mal Waldron was born in New York City, New York on August 16, 1925. At the age of eight years old, he began studying piano and later switched his attention to learning the alto saxophone. Drafted into the US Army in 1943, he served two years before returning to civilian life and attending Queens College. While there, he studied under Karol Rathaus and decided to abandon the saxophone and return to playing the piano. After graduating college, he began his professional career in 1950 by playing with his own bands as well as serving as a sideman ...