title: Encounters (album)
text: # Encounters (album)
  
  Encounters is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron and bassist David Friesen recorded in 1984 and released by the Muse label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars stating "Longtime fans of Mal Waldron will find his duo session with bassist David Friesen to be of a very different character. The pianist's solo and trio recordings are typically intense, very moody performances, but his touch is much lighter".
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  ## Track listing
  
  * "If I Were A Bell" (Frank Loesser)
  * "Encounters" (Mal Waldron, David Friesen)
  * "My Toby" (Friesen)
  * "Night Wind" (Waldron, Friesen)
  * "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
  * "Outside Inside Too" (Waldron)
     * Recorded in New York City on March 18, 1984
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Mal Waldron — piano (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6)
  * David Friesen — bass (tracks 1-3 & 5), shakuhachi (track 4)
  