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One-Upmanship is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron with soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, recorded in 1977, and released by the Enja label. The CD reissue added three solo piano pieces to the original album.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Tom Hull	B+ ()

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron

"One-Upmanship" — 11:05
"Duquility" — 8:31 Bonus track on CD reissue
"The Seagulls of Kristiansund" — 11:20
"Thoughtful" — 6:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Hooray for Herbie" — 19:39
"Soul Eyes" — 6:49 Bonus track on CD reissue

Recorded at Conny's Studio in Wolperath, West Germany on February 12, 1977 (tracks 1, 3 & 5) and at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany on May 8, 1978 (tracks 2, 4 & 6).

Personnel

Mal Waldron — piano
Manfred Schoof — cornet (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
Steve Lacy — soprano saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
Jimmy Woode — bass (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
Makaya Ntshoko — drums (tracks 1, 3 & 5)

References

Mal Waldron discography accessed February 28, 2011
^ Allmusic Review accessed February 28, 2011
Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

v t e Mal Waldron
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Mal-1 (1956) Mal/2 (1957) The Dealers (1957) Mal/3: Sounds (1958) Just Wailin' (1958) Mal/4: Trio (1958) Left Alone (1959) Impressions (1959) The Quest (1961) Sweet Love, Bitter (1967) Ursula (1969) Free at Last (1969) Tokyo Bound (1970) Tokyo Reverie (1970) Blood and Guts (1970) Spanish Bitch (1970 The Opening (1970) Mal: Live 4 to 1 (1970) The Call (1971) First Encounter (1971) Number Nineteen (1971) Black Glory (1971) Mal Waldron Plays the Blues (1971) Signals (1971) Journey Without End (1971) Blues for Lady Day (1972) A Little Bit of Miles (1972) Jazz a Confronto 19 (1972) A Touch of the Blues (1972) Mal Waldron on Steinway (1972) Mal Waldron with the Steve Lacy Quintet (1972) The Whirling Dervish (1972) Meditations (1972) Up Popped the Devil (1973) Hard Talk (1974) Moods (1977) Mingus Lives (1979) Mal 81 (1981) Live at Dreher, Paris 1981 (1981) What It Is (1981) One Entrance, Many Exits (1982) In Retrospect (1982) Breaking New Ground (1983) Mal Waldron Plays Eric Satie (1983) You and the Night and the Music (1983) Encounters (1984) Dedication (1985) Sempre Amore (1986) Left Alone '86 (1986) Update (1986) The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (1986) The Seagulls of Kristiansund (1986) Our Colline's a Treasure (1987) Remembering the Moment (1987) The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil (1987) Mal, Dance and Soul (1987) Evidence (1988) Art of the Duo (1988) No More Tears (For Lady Day) (1988) Crowd Scene (1989) Where Are You? (1989) Quadrologue at Utopia (1989) More Git' Go at Utopia (1989) Spring in Prague (1990) Hot House (1990) I Remember Thelonious (1992) My Dear Family (1993) Waldron-Haslam (1994) After Hours (1994) Communiqué (1994) Mal, Verve, Black & Blue (1994) Two New (1995) Silence (with David Murray, 2001)
With Gene Ammons	Jammin' with Gene (1956) Funky (1957) Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (1957) The Big Sound (1958) Groove Blues (1958) Velvet Soul (1962) Angel Eyes (1962) Sock! (1962)
With Jackie McLean	4, 5 and 6 (1956) Jackie's Pal (1956) Jackie McLean & Co. (1957) Makin' the Changes (1957) A Long Drink of the Blues (1957) Strange Blues (1957) McLean's Scene (1957)
With Charles Mingus	Jazz Composers Workshop (1954) Mingus at the Bohemia (1955) The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1955) Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) Blues & Roots (1959)
With the Prestige All Stars	Baritones and French Horns (aka, Dakar, 1957) Four Altos (1957) Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (1957) The Prestige Jazz Quartet (1957) Wheelin' & Dealin' (1957)
With others	All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956) Earthy (Kenny Burrell, 1957) 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957) Where? (Ron Carter, 1961) The Teddy Charles Tentet (1956) Coolin' (Teddy Charles, 1957) Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette, 1957) Coltrane (1957) Dakar (John Coltrane, Pepper Adams & Cecil Payne, 1957) At the Five Spot (Eric Dolphy, both volumes, 1961) Tuba Sounds (Ray Draper, 1957) Hornful of Soul (aka, Catwalk, Bennie Green, 1960) Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport (1957) Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958) So Warm (Etta Jones, 1961) After Hours (Thad Jones, 1957) Olio (Thad Jones, 1957) Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk (1958) Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln, 1961) Teo (Teo Macero, 1957) On the Sunny Side (Paul Quinichette, 1957) Percussion Bitter Sweet (Max Roach, 1961) It's Time (Max Roach, 1962) Speak, Brother, Speak! (Max Roach, 1962) For Lady (Webster Young, 1957)

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Studio albums	Soprano Sax (1957) Reflections (1958) The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy (1960) Evidence (1961) Disposability (1965) Sortie (1966) Moon (1969) Epistrophy (1969) Journey Without End (1971) Mal Waldron with the Steve Lacy Quintet (1972) Axieme (1975) Trickles (1976) One-Upmanship (1977) Troubles (1979) Songs (1981) Ballets (1981) The Flame (1982) Only Monk (1985) Sempre Amore (1986) One Fell Swoop (1986) The Gleam (1986) Momentum (1987) The Window (1987) Paris Blues (1987) The Door (1988) More Monk (1989) Anthem (1989) Hot House (1990) Remains (1991) Revenue (1993) Vespers (1993) Communiqué (1994) Monk's Dream (1999)
Live albums	The Forest and the Zoo (1967) Hard Talk (1974) Clinkers (1977) Stamps (1977/78) The Way (1979) Capers (1979) Ballets (1980) Live at Dreher, Paris 1981 (1981) Prospectus (1982) Blinks (1983) Morning Joy (1986) Flim-Flam (1986) The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil (1987) Itinerary (1990) Live at Sweet Basil (1991) Spirit of Mingus (1991) Clangs (1992) I Remember Thelonious (1992) We See (1992) Three Blokes (1992) Let's Call This... Esteem (1993) 5 x Monk 5 x Lacy (1997) The Cry (1998)
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