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

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

Reception edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  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.