Home / Music / Mal Waldron's 'Fire Waltz' is his best-known compositionMusic linernotes album music mal-waldronMal Waldron's 'Fire Waltz' is his best-known compositionWaldron’s best-known composition is ‘Fire Waltz,’ which appeared on his 1961 album The Quest with Eric Dolphy and Booker Ervin, recorded for Prestige Records. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesMal Waldron spanned hard bop, post-bop, and free jazzMal Waldron was Billie Holiday's accompanist in her final yearsMal Waldron moved to Europe in 1966Mal Waldron was Prestige Records' house pianist from the mid-1950s to the early 1960sThe Dukes of Stratosphear's 25 O'Clock outsold XTC's The Big Express — the side project beat the main actExploreCowboy Junkies' self-titled album is one of four in the Nomad SeriesCowboy Junkies: slow, atmospheric alt-country with Margo Timmins's whispery vocalsEllington at Newport was preserved in the National Recording RegistryBeethoven's 'Ode to Joy' melody became the EU anthem in 1985Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 8 is catalogued as D. 784Previous Maria Callas recorded Verdi Arias at Abbey Road — and disliked the acousticNext Mal Waldron was Prestige Records' house pianist from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s