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Cedar
Cedar Walton, Timeless Piano Trio, David Williams, Billy Higgins
első megjelenés éve: 1990
53 perc
(1990)

CD
4.644 Ft 

 

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Jazz / Hard Bop

Cedar Walton - piano
David Williams - bass
Billy Higgins - drums

Like the trio of pianist Cedar Walton. Cedar Walton, a giant behind the eighty-eights but also a musicians musician. For a long time he was highly praised by fellow-musicians but strongly underrated by public and press. But times have changed. Since the impressive recordings at Boomer's in Greenwich Village (1973) and the Eastern Rebellion series for Timeless (1975-1983) Cedar Walton has become a name. As his associate drummer Billy Higgins puts it: "Cedar Walton plays in the same league as Hank Jones and Tommy Flanagan." Every jazz-lover knows what that means! Cedar Walton was born in Dallas, Texas, on January 17,1934. He was taught piano by his mother (a music professor) and at High School he studied the clarinet. His first gigs were around Dallas, mostly with straight rhythm and blues groups. Cedar Walton started to study music at the University at Denver (1951 -1954) and every time when some musicians were passing the town young Walton took the opportunity to sit in. In doing so he played with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane in a number of local clubs. Only a few numbers, one or two small sets, but he dit it! In 1955 Walton moved to New York to look for a job in jazz. But the army came first and he was drafted and sent to West Germany. It was his luck that he had the possibilities to play some jazz in the army with musicians like Leo Wright, Don Ellis and Eddie Harris.

Back in New York he played with men like Kenny Dorham, Lou Donaldson, Gigi Gryce and Sonny Rollins (1958). Things started really to roll when he replaced Tommy Flanagan in the J.J.Johnson Sextet. Walton stayed with Johnson for almost two years (1958-1960). After John-son came the Jazztet of Benny Golson and Art Farmer in which he replaced McCoy Tyner (1960-1961), then came the Jazz Messengers of Art Blakey where he became the pianist and arranger, replacing Boby Timmons (1961 -1964). He toured with Blakey, visited Europe and Japan and recorded with Art Farmer and Lee Morgan. After Blakey he accompanied singer Abbey Lincoln for some time (1965-1966). He was already called 'the perfect accompanist' in those days. But Cedar Walton wanted more. He became the house-pianist for the Prestige label and thus he was able to record with people like Eddie Harris, Blue Mitchell,Jimmy Heath, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Milt Jackson and so on. Very good for his musical education, that's for sure. In 1967 he started with his own trio and quartet. In his trio: Sam Jones or David Williams on bass and Billy Higgins on drums and when a tenorsax was added it was often Clifford Jordan, George Coleman or Bob Berg. He toured Europe with his own group and in 1973 he was a member of the Young Giants of Jazz with a concert at the Newport jazz Festival. In that same year he played a lot in Boomer's where impressive recordings were made. In 1975 his quartet took the name Eastern Rebellion (very well documented on the Timeless label). In the mid 1970's he experimented for some time with funky rhythm and the electric piano in his group Soundscapes. After this 'in between' he chose again for the acoustic piano playing with the Timeless All Stars (1981) and with musicians like Bobby Hutcherson, Woody Shaw, Frank Morgan, Curtis Fuller and Harold Land. He also participated in the movie 'Round Midnight'. As said before, Walton was often seen as a musicians musician and an excellent accompanist but he proved he was more. His style is based on Bud Powell (a fine choice of course) but there are influences of Horace Silver, Ahmad Jamal and Herbie Hancock. There are also influences of the pure blues, the stride piano and the straight swing approach. Technically, Walton is brilliant, the harmonies he uses are perfect and as a composer he is far above the average. Walton is a lively soloist with an explosive style and rich improvisations. He is a complete musician and a real pro.
--- Wim van Eyle



Cedar Walton

Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Jan 17, 1934 in Dallas, TX
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop

One of the most valued of all hard bop accompanists, Cedar Walton is a versatile pianist whose funky touch and cogent melodic sense have graced the recordings of many of jazz's greatest players. He is also one of the music's more underrated composers; although he has always been a first-rate interpreter of standards, Walton wrote a number of excellent tunes ("Mosaic," "Ugetsu," and "Bolivia," to name a few) that found their way into Art Blakey's book during the pianist's early-'60s stint with the Jazz Messengers.
Walton was first taught piano by his mother. After attending the University of Denver, he moved to New York in 1955, ostensibly to play music. Instead, he was drafted into the Army. Stationed in Germany, Walton played with American musicians Leo Wright, Don Ellis, and Eddie Harris. After his discharge, Walton moved back to New York, where he began his career in earnest. From 1958-1961, Walton played with Kenny Dorham, J.J. Johnson, and Art Farmer's Jazztet, among others. Walton joined Blakey in 1961, with whom he remained until 1964. This was perhaps Blakey's most influential group, with Freddie Hubbard and Wayne Shorter. Walton served time as Abbey Lincoln's accompanist from 1965-1966 and made records with Lee Morgan from 1966-1968; from 1967-1969, Walton served as a sideman on many Prestige albums as well. Walton played in a band with Hank Mobley in the early '70s and returned to Blakey for a 1973 tour of Japan.
Walton's own band of the period was called Eastern Rebellion, and was comprised of a rotating cast that included saxophonists Clifford Jordan, George Coleman, and Bob Berg; bassist Sam Jones; and drummer Billy Higgins. In the '80s and '90s, Walton continued to lead his own fine bands, recording on the Muse, Evidence, and Steeplechase labels. In addition to his many quantifiable accomplishments, Walton is less well known as the first pianist to record, in April 1959 with John Coltrane, the tenorist's daunting "Giant Steps" -- unlike the unfortunate Tommy Flanagan a month later, Walton wasn't required to solo, though he does comp magnificently.
---Chris Kelsey, All Music Guide

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