Mal Waldron - Candy Girl [LP]

Release Date: September 05, 2025
Label: Strut

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. Mal Waldron’s ‘lost’ heavy funk fusion album is officially reissued Featuring members of the Lafayette Afro-Rock Band Remastered by The Carvery Featuring new liner notes by Francis Gooding