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Cedar!

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Cedar!
Studio album by
Released1967
RecordedJuly 10, 1967
New York City
GenreJazz
Length38:04
LabelPrestige
PR 7519
ProducerDon Schlitten
Cedar Walton chronology
Cedar!
(1967)
Spectrum
(1968)

Cedar! is the debut album by pianist Cedar Walton, recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

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."[4] [5]

Track listing

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All compositions by Cedar Walton except where noted.

  1. "Turquoise Twice" – 7:19
  2. "Twilight Waltz" – 4:20
  3. "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill) – 5:34
  4. "Short Stuff" – 6:25
  5. "Head and Shoulders" – 4:15
  6. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 6:59
  7. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:29 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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Production

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References

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  1. ^ Prestige Records discography, accessed January 24, 2013.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 1117. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 203. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, January 24, 2013.
  5. ^ Peter, John. "Sibirische Zeder". Retrieved 28 March 2021.