Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (1925 - 2002) was the last pianist of Billie Holiday, the first of John Coltrane, played with Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Eric Dolphy, and Archie Shepp, recorded the first ECM record and, by the way, was the most important mentor of Embryo for generations. Michael Wehmeyer is his student.

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