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
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