Mal Waldron - Candy GirlFormat : LP Label : Strut Catalog # : LP STRUT 295 Genre : Jazz An electrified meeting of minds, Candy Girl is a lost 1975 session by jazz pianist Mal Waldron, recorded in Paris with core members of the mighty Lafayette Afro Rock Band, the American funk unit who had made France their home and whose deep grooves would later be mined by generations of hip hop producers. By 1975, Waldron was a decade into his self imposed exile from the United Statesa

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and private listening sessions

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