Cedar Walton
Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, before establishing a long career as a bandleader and composer. Several of his compositions have become jazz standards, including "Mosaic", "Bolivia", "Holy Land", "Mode for Joe" and "Ugetsu/Fantasy in D".
Genre: jazz-piano, hard-bop
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Top Tracks
- Blues For Myself
- Off Minor
- Ojos De Rojo
- Jacob's Ladder
- Bluesville
- For All We Know
- Theme For Ernie
- Ugetsu - Recorded Live at the Keystone Korner
- Midnight Waltz - Recorded Live at the Keystone Korner
- Fungii Mama
- Voices Deep Within
- Cool Struttin' - Live
- Minor Meeting - Live
- Another Star
- Impressions - Recorded Live at the Keystone Korner
- Jacob's Ladder - Recorded Live at the Keystone Korner
- Byrdlike - Recorded Live at the Keystone Korner
- For All We Know - Recorded Live at the Keystone Korner
- Magical Lady - alternate take
- Mode For Joe
Albums (36)
- The Trio 3 (Remastered 2024) (2024)
- Tomodachi (Live Japan '86) (2023)
- The Trio 2 (Remastered 2023) (2023)
- More Blues for Myself (Remastered 1986) (2023)
- Booker's Bossa (Take 1) (2023)
- Fungii Mama (2023)
- Up Front (2021)
- Monterey Jazz Fest '91 (Live KCSM Broadcast) (2021)
- Charmed Circle (Recorded Live at the Keystone Korner in August, 1979) (2017)
- The V.I.P. Trio. Standards (2016)
- Reliving the Moment (Recorded Live at the Keystone Korner) (2014)
- LIVE Sides (2013)
- The Bouncer (2011)
- Voices Deep Within (2009)
- Seasoned Wood (2008)
- One Flight Down (2006)
- Underground Memoirs (2005)
- Latin Tinge (2002)
- The Promise Land (2001)
- Roots (1970)
- Naima (Live At Boomer's / New York, NY / 1973) (1998)
- Composer (1970)
- Blues For Myself (Piano Solo) (1995)
- The Maybeck Recital Series, Vol. 25 (1993)
- The Trio, Vol. 1 (1992)
- The Trio Vol.3 (1992)
- The Trio Vol.2 (1992)
- Third Set (1970)
- Duo (1970)
- Heart & Soul (1970)
- Second Set (1970)
- Walton, Cedar: Cedar Walton Plays Featuring Ron Carter and Billy Higgins (1987)
- First Set (1970)
- Walton, Carter & Dejohnette (1970)
- Bags' Bag (1980)
- Soul Cycle (1970)
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