Record date: March 14, 1988
The recording year 1988 starts with a solo album by Mal. Evidence was recorded in March for the Canadian label Dark Light Music Ltd. in Toronto. Mal plays mostly standards here, quite a few that he has played before in all kinds of settings. Of course there’s some Monk too. This means there are not a lot of suprises. When Mal plays standards he always play them very well, but mostly in a very straightforward way. This one is not an exception. Probably the most interesting are the two Rhapsodic Interludes that contain some more improvisation and inspired playing by Mal. Here he seeks more freedom in his playing and there’s more thematic variety.
One could never call the music on these kind of albums bad but to say it’s very interesting: it just is not. My short review says enough. Only one version of this album was released in 1991. They go for around 10 euros but I had to wait for years before one popped up. For completists only.
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