Cedar!
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Cedar! |
| type | Studio |
| artist | Cedar Walton |
| cover | Cedar!.jpg |
| released | 1967 |
| recorded | July 10, 1967 |
| New York City | |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 38:04 |
| label | Prestige |
| PR 7519 | |
| producer | Don Schlitten |
| chronology | Cedar Walton |
| next_title | Spectrum |
| next_year | 1968 |
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| name = Cedar! | type = Studio | artist = Cedar Walton | cover = Cedar!.jpg | alt = | released = 1967 | recorded = July 10, 1967 New York City | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 38:04 | label = Prestige PR 7519 | producer = Don Schlitten | chronology = Cedar Walton | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Spectrum | next_year = 1968
Cedar! is the debut album by pianist Cedar Walton, recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label.
Reception
| rev1 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz | rev1Score = | rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | rev2Score = {{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen |url-access=registration | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 203
Allmusic reviewed the album, stating:"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."
Track listing
All compositions by Cedar Walton except where noted.
- "Turquoise Twice" – 7:19
- "Twilight Waltz" – 4:20
- "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill) – 5:34
- "Short Stuff" – 6:25
- "Head and Shoulders" – 4:15
- "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 6:59
- "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:29 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
- Cedar Walton – piano
- Kenny Dorham – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4 and 5–7)
- Junior Cook – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 5 and 6)
- Leroy Vinnegar – bass
- Billy Higgins – drums
Production
- Don Schlitten – producer
- Richard Alderson – engineer
References
References
- [https://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7500-series/#pr-7519 Prestige Records discography], accessed January 24, 2013.
- (1992). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
- Yanow, S. [https://www.allmusic.com/album/cedar%21-mw0000310324 Allmusic Review], January 24, 2013.
- "Sibirische Zeder".
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