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Cedar!

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

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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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to JazzStarStarStarHalf star2
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStarStar3

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

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

Production

References

References

  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 March 28, 2021.