Cedar Walton : Cedar!

Cedar Walton : Cedar!

£18.00

Cedar Walton (piano), Junior Cook (tenor sax), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)

Recorded in 1967

Prestige 7519

Scorpio Music Records : LP 180 gram

Brand New and Sealed Record

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A1 - Turquoise Twice
A2 - Twilight Waltz
A3 - My Ship
B1 - Short Stuff
B2 - Head And Shoulders
B3 - Come Sunday

Recorded on July 10, 1967 in New York City 

Cedar! is Cedar Walton's debut album. A member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers as a pianist-arranger for three years, he demonstrated a keen sense of arranging in originals such as "Ugetsu" and "Mosaic". He left The Messengers in 1964, then was part of Prestige Records rhythm section, where, in addition to releasing his own recordings, he recorded with Sonny Criss, Pat Martino, Eric Kloss and Charles McPherson. He also served as Abbey Lincoln's accompanist and recorded with Lee Morgan from 1966 to 1968.

"Pianist Cedar Walton's debut as a leader is quite impressive.... One of the top hard bop-based pianists to emerge during the 1960s, Walton also contributed four originals to his excellent set." - Allmusic

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