Up Popped the Devil

1974 studio album by Mal Waldron
Up Popped the Devil
Studio album by
Mal Waldron
Released1974
RecordedDecember 28, 1973
GenreJazz
Length47:27
LabelEnja
ProducerHorst Weber
Mal Waldron chronology
Meditations
(1972) 		Up Popped the Devil
(1974) 		Hard Talk
(1974)

Up Popped the Devil is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1973 and released by the Enja label.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Bob Rusch awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Pianist Mal Waldron's music is characterized by a heavily-brooding rhythmic quality, with the left hand usually carrying the theme at one repetitious tempo while the right hammers away in juxtaposition with a counter tempo (usually faster)".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron
  1. "Up Popped the Devil" – 10:25
  2. "Space Walk" – 12:28
  3. "Snake Out" – 11:02
  4. "Changachangachanga" – 13:32
  • Recorded at Studio WARP in New York City on December 28, 1973.

Personnel

  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Carla Poole – flute (track 2)
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums

References

  1. ^ Mal Waldron discography accessed February 28, 2011
  2. ^ a b Rusch, Bob. Mal Waldron: Up Popped the Devil at AllMusic. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1455. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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