Release Date: 10 March 2017
Label: HighNote Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 632375730321
Genres: Jazz Modern Postbebop
Description
Cedar Walton remains one of the big names in jazz piano, having started near the beginning of the second wave of the jazz era, when bebop brought a new emphasis to star improvisers. These live recordings capture Cedar and a hand-picked group of colleagues live in concert at the famed San Francisco jazz club, the Keystone Korner.
In the 1950s and early '60s Walton hobnobbed with Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie, played with Art Blakey and John Coltrane and developed his own hard-bop and post-bop style. In following decades, he switched to funk fusion and back to bop and recorded more than 60 albums as a leader. In the mid-'60s and '70s he worked with Abbey Lincoln, Art Farmer, Hank Mobley and many more. He also did electric funk fusion with his groups Mobius and Soundscapes.
Personnel: Cedar Walton (piano & electric piano), Steve Turre (trombone), Manny Boyd (tenor saxophone), Tony Dumas (bass), Ralph Penland (drums)
Tracklisting
Houston Person
Charlie Sepulveda & The Turnaround
Tom Harrell
Black Art Jazz Collective
Jeremy Pelt
Black Art Jazz Collective
Eric Alexander
Sheila Jordan
Cedar Walton Trio
Cedar Walton Trio
Cedar Walton Trio
Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
