Soul Cycle

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Soul Cycle
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Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedJuly 25, 1969
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length37:24
Label Prestige
PR 7693
Producer Don 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]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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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

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography, accessed January 24, 2013.
  2. 1 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.