Cedar Walton Plays

Cedar Walton Plays
Studio album by Cedar Walton featuring Ron Carter and Billy Higgins
Released	1987
Recorded	September 29–30, 1986
Studio	New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	62:08
Label	Delos D/CD 4008
Producer	John Eargle
Cedar Walton chronology
Blues for Myself (1986) Cedar Walton Plays (1987) Duo (1990)

Cedar Walton Plays is an album by pianist Cedar Walton which was recorded in 1986 and released on the Delos label in 1993. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

In his review on Allmusic, Scott Yanow states "Pianist Cedar Walton heads a medium-size group on this 1986 Delos CD, a rhythm section with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Billy Higgins plus a five piece horn section ... Unfortunately the horns mostly stick to ensemblework but Walton and his trio are in top form". ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Cedar Walton except where noted.

1. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 9:31
2. "Hallucinations" (Bud Powell) – 5:44
3. "Bremond's Blues" – 4:24
4. "So in Love" (Cole Porter) – 10:51
5. "Book's Bossa" (Walter Book, Cedar Walton) – 6:38
6. "Out of the Past" (Benny Golson) – 11:20
7. "He's a Real Gone Guy" (Nellie Lutcher) – 6:39
8. "Something in Common" – 7:01

Personnel

• Cedar Walton – piano
• Don Sickler – trumpet
• Steve Turre – trombone
• Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone
• Lou Orensteen – tenor saxophone
• Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
• Ron Carter – bass
• Billy Higgins – drums

References

1. Delos Music album details accessed April 11, 2017
2. Discogs album entry, accessed April 11, 2017
3. Yanow, Scott. Cedar Walton – Cedar Walton Plays: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 11, 2017.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1462. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.