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    Mal Waldron with Eric Dolphy & Booker Ervin The Quest (Original Jazz Classics Series)

    Craft Recordings
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      Jazz pianist Mal Waldron’s 1962 album The Quest features Eric Dolphy (clarinet, alto sax) and Booker Ervin (tenor sax).

      Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studios in New Jersey the album contains seven cuts that fall somewhere between hard-bop and avant-garde.

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