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Soul Cycle

Soul Cycle is an album by pianist Cedar Walton, which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label.

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Soul Cycle
Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedJuly 25, 1969
New York City
GenreJazz
Length37:24
LabelPrestige
PR 7693
ProducerDon Schlitten
Cedar Walton chronology
The Electric Boogaloo Song
(1969)
Soul Cycle
(1970)
Breakthrough!
(1972)

Soul Cycle is an album by pianist Cedar Walton, which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label.1

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStar2
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStarStar3
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStarHalf star4

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Walton was trying to widen his audience a bit at the time — not a bad goal, except that he felt he had to water down his music on a few of these numbers. A mixed bag".2

Track listing

All compositions by Cedar Walton, except as indicated

  1. "Sundown Express" - 6:49
  2. "Quiet Dawn" - 7:31
  3. "Pensativa" (Clare Fischer) - 6:28
  4. "My Cherie Amour" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) - 4:13
  5. "Easy Walker" (Billy Taylor) - 8:03
  6. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) - 3:26

Personnel

Production

References

References

  1. Prestige Records discography, accessed January 24, 2013.
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, January 24, 2013.
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 202. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1462. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.