Malcolm Earl Waldron (New York City, 1926 - August 16, Brussels, 2 december 2002) was an American jazzand world music pianist and jazz composer. Because he was born in New York he held mainly with hard-bop. He was inspired by Thelonious Monk. Waldrons game was unique. He played his bass a whole octave lower and his solos showed affinity with the later minimal music. Waldron is on to find many plates, including on his own albums but also as a player with: John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan, Archie Shepp, David Murray and Booker Little.