{"product_id":"mal-waldron-candy-girl-strut","title":"Mal Waldron - Candy Girl [Strut]","description":"\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 439px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=95927927\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/strut.bandcamp.com\/album=candy-girl\"\u003eCandy Girl by Mal Waldron\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003eLP in printed sleeve.\u003cbr\u003eCAT: STRUT295LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn electrified meeting of minds, Candy Girl is a lost 1975 session from jazz pianist Mal Waldron, recorded in Paris with core members of the mighty Lafayette Afro Rock Band, the US funk outfit who made France their home and whose deep grooves would later be plundered by generations of hip-hop producers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1975, Waldron was a decade into his self-imposed exile from the US: a transformed musician who had rebuilt his sound across Europe and Japan following a devastating breakdown in the early 1960s. His post-1969 output had reduced jazz to its essentials: modal intensity, repetitive grooves, and hypnotic repetition. Candy Girl doesn’t disrupt that trajectory so much as extend it, wrapping Waldron’s minimalist mantras around the funk chassis of Lafayette’s rhythm section.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in microscopic quantities on the Calumet label and long shrouded in obscurity, Candy Girl was spontaneously recorded at the studio of French producer Pierre Jaubert, whose Paris HQ had become a workshop for both avant-garde jazz (Archie Shepp, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Steve Lacy) and psychedelic funk (Lafayette Afro Rock Band aka Ice). This session finds Waldron freely improvising with Lafayette bassist Lafayette Hudson, drummer Donny Donable, and keyboard player Frank Abel on clavinet, Moog, and other instruments, creating raw and unfiltered instrumental funk with an experimental edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighlights include the deep bass vamp of “Home Again,” the crisp, break-laden groove of “Red Match Box,” and the hypnotic swirl of the title track “Candy Girl”—a minor key electric piano waltz with echoes of cosmic soul. There’s even a curio for the crate-diggers: the sombre but meditative “Dedication to Brahms,” where Waldron deconstructs the romantic composer’s third symphony into a minimalist jazzy reverie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike his more polished sessions for Japanese labels or the avant-swing of his early Prestige work, Candy Girl feels more spontaneous, even accidental, and therein lies some of its strength. It’s a document of Waldron as a bandleader, collaborator, and explorer, captured in the midst of a vibrant multi-cultural scene in mid-’70s Paris. Never officially issued with artwork and barely distributed, Candy Girl is a rare convergence of two underground traditions: the electric jazz of Waldron’s European exile and the raw, future-sampleable funk of the Lafayette Afro Rock Band. Now finally excavated, it deserves its place in both histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis official edition features remastered audio by The Carvery, new liner notes by Francis Gooding, and a design that pays homage to the original release, with reproduction of the Calumet label. For years it lived in the shadows; now Candy Girl finally steps into the light: an essential rediscovery from one of jazz’s most distinctive voices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tenampa Record Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47797723824291,"sku":null,"price":499.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/1239\/2867\/files\/image_0fb66f7c-eff3-4bc6-906b-7488b2de22b8.jpg?v=1782078621","url":"https:\/\/tenampa.mx\/en\/products\/mal-waldron-candy-girl-strut","provider":"Tenampa","version":"1.0","type":"link"}