Cedar Walton

[mikeweil]

Those Astor Place CDs are terribly hard to come by since the label went out of business. I have the first one, but never saw a copy of the second offered anywhere ...

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

Breakthrough is an amazing record, made so primarily by Mobley's intense contributions. The version of Summertime (where Hank uses the Thinking Of Home suite as an introduction) is worth the price alone.

I think the Rhodes is limited to 1 or 2 songs.

Found this thread via a Google search on Cedar an hour ago and decided to spin this one......it's been awhile. I agree that it sounds pretty good.....although 'Summertime' is the one that I least enjoyed.....just sounded overly harsh on my system. Glad I pulled it out though!

[mikeweil]

Just spinning one that I have always enjoyed over the years:

Cedar is one of the most consistent jazz pianists since he came on the scene - he deserves a lot more credit for this!

[mikeweil]

I'm aware they're not among his more interesting records, but does anyone here have personnel and tracklist for Mobius and Beyond Mobius?

[sidewinder]

Cedar is one of the most consistent jazz pianists since he came on the scene - he deserves a lot more credit for this!

Never heard anything but an excellent gig from him - and I've seen a few over the years (I think the first Cedar gig I saw must have been 19789/80, with the 'Eastern Rebellion' group with Bob Berg). A nice, down-to-earth and approachable guy too !

Sorry Mike - have never heard the 'Mobius' other than a bit of it on the radio. Would like to check it out again.

Edited May 7, 2008 by sidewinder

[mikeweil]

Cedar is one of the most consistent jazz pianists since he came on the scene - he deserves a lot more credit for this!

Never heard anything but an excellent gig from him - and I've seen a few over the years (I think the first Cedar gig I saw must have been 19789/80, with the 'Eastern Rebellion' group with Bob Berg). A nice, down-to-earth and approachable guy too !

That was the first time I saw him live, too - Sam Jones on bass! Great band! He signed the band's LP for me that evening.

Sorry Mike - have never heard the 'Mobius' other than a bit of it on the radio. Would like to check it out again.

Do a search on My Jazz World

[sidewinder]

Cedar is one of the most consistent jazz pianists since he came on the scene - he deserves a lot more credit for this!

Never heard anything but an excellent gig from him - and I've seen a few over the years (I think the first Cedar gig I saw must have been 19789/80, with the 'Eastern Rebellion' group with Bob Berg). A nice, down-to-earth and approachable guy too !

That was the first time I saw him live, too - Sam Jones on bass! Great band! He signed the band's LP for me that evening.

Sorry Mike - have never heard the 'Mobius' other than a bit of it on the radio. Would like to check it out again.

Do a search on My Jazz World

Thanks !

Sadly, Sam Jones had passed away not long before I saw 'Eastern Rebellion' for the first time and it was the excellent David Williams on bass.

[Rooster_Ties]

I see there is a new Walton disc out today. From the cover, looks like Jeremy Pelt is on it!

Cedar Walton -- Seasoned Wood (Highnote)

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

Sounds nice. I've always enjoyed 'Plexus' on Hub Cap and didn't realize 'till now that Walton wrote it.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

ill never be on a cedar walton kick again because in summer of 1998 i saw cedar quartet for a [club] week staright wed-sat. evenings the only reason was not to go see whole lotta cedar, but beacuse on drums it was none other than master higgins-- tony dumas on bass, ralph moore sax.

[robviti]

the soundness of your reasoning is eclipsed only by your mastery of the english language

[AllenLowe]

Cedar was Al Haig's favorite contemporary pianist - next to Chewy, of course -

[Big Al]

I see there is a new Walton disc out today. From the cover, looks like Jeremy Pelt is on it!

Cedar Walton -- Seasoned Wood (Highnote)

Can't go wrong with Peter Washington & Al Foster. May have to seek this one out!

[mjzee]

I listened today to one of my favorite CDs, Jackie McLean's "Nature Boy."  Cedar Walton is so good on it, and I got to wondering what he's up to.  Checking Wikipedia, I discovered that he passed away in 2013.  I don't think it was ever discussed here.  Now's as good a time as any to celebrate his work.

[Dan Gould]

7 hours ago, mjzee said:

I listened today to one of my favorite CDs, Jackie McLean's "Nature Boy."  Cedar Walton is so good on it, and I got to wondering what he's up to.  Checking Wikipedia, I discovered that he passed away in 2013.  I don't think it was ever discussed here.  Now's as good a time as any to celebrate his work.

Jazz fans will always remember Cedar, but you apparently do not remember the thread, of which you were a major contributor.

[mjzee]

1 hour ago, Dan Gould said:

Jazz fans will always remember Cedar, but you apparently do not remember the thread, of which you were a major contributor.

Nope, and a Google search didn’t turn it up.  Thanks for finding it.

[JSngry]

What other jazz musicians have been named after a tree? Is it a long list or a short one?

[paul secor]

2 hours ago, JSngry said:

What other jazz musicians have been named after a tree? Is it a long list or a short one?

Don Cherry

[JSngry]

First names only, please!

[Dan Gould]

3 minutes ago, JSngry said:

First names only, please!

Seems to me its a short list to begin with, and this limitation makes it even shorter.

[jazztrain]

Lots of tree last names but not many well known first names.  How about:

Hazel Scott

Holly Cole

Holly Hoffman

 

 

[sidewinder]

Juni(per) Booth

Edited May 23, 2018 by sidewinder

[paul secor]

Elm(o) Hope

[sidewinder]

Lone Pine Jr (Lenny Breau)

[JSngry]

Is holly a tree or a bush/shrub?

3 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

Seems to me its a short list to begin with, and this limitation makes it even shorter.

Indeed, trying to close out this deliverable in <24 hrs.