Bluesville Time

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Bluesville Time
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Studio album by
Cedar Walton Quartet
Released1986
RecordedApril 21, 1985
Studio 44, Monster, Netherlands
Genre Jazz
Length57:23
Label Criss Cross Jazz
Criss 1017
Producer Gerry Teekens
Cedar Walton chronology
Cedar Walton
(1985)
Bluesville Time
(1986)
Blues for Myself
(1986)

Bluesville Time is an album by pianist Cedar Walton which was recorded in 1985 and released on the Dutch Criss Cross Jazz label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic rated the album 4 stars. [3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz praised the selection of material, but wrote that "the playing, Higgins apart, isn't quite crisp enough". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Cedar Walton except as indicated

  1. "Rubber Man" - 8:47
  2. "Naima" (John Coltrane) - 9:27
  3. "Bluesville" (Sonny Red) - 5:44
  4. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 9:44
  5. "Ojos de Rojo" - 7:10
  6. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 4:46 Bonus track on CD
  7. "Without a Song" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) - 11:45 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

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References

  1. Cedar Walton discography, accessed February 18, 2015
  2. Criss Cross Jazz discography, accessed February 18, 2015
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed February 17, 2015
  4. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 1118. ISBN   978-0-14-015364-4.