CEDAR WALTON
Hard Bop / Fusion / Post Bop / Vocal Jazz / Soul Jazz / Pop/Art Song/Folk / Latin Jazz • United States
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Cedar Anthony Walton, Junior (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band before establishing a long career as a bandleader and composer.
Walton grew up in Dallas, Texas, also home to jazz luminaries such as Charlie Christian and Red Garland. After attending the University of Denver, Walton moved to New York in 1955. After a two year stint in the army in which he performed in a jazz ensemble, he joined Kenny Dorham's band. By the late 1950s Walton was playing with J. J. Johnson, the Art Farmer and Benny Golson lead group The Jazztet, and Gigi Gryce.
In the early 1960s, he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers as a pianist and arranger for 3 years, where he played with Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard. He left the Messengers in 1964 and
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Cedar!
Hard Bop
1967
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Mobius
Hard Bop
1975
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Bambino
Hard Bop
1998
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Roots
Hard Bop
1999
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Pit Inn
Hard Bop
1975
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Naima
Hard Bop
1998
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