Listening Room – “Cedar!”
Cedar Walton - "My Ship"
Cedar Walton - "Come Sunday"
From "Cedar" : 1967 : Prestige PR 7519
One of the all-time great hard bop piano players, Cedar Walton (who is still making great music today) made his debut as a leader on this 1967 album for Prestige Records. The album is credited to the Cedar Walton Trio, Quartet & Quintet. My Ship features Kenny Dorham on Sax, while Junior Cook replaces Dorham on Come Sunday.
Players:
Cedar Walton - Piano
Kenny Dorham - Tenor Sax
Junior Cook - Tenor Sax
Leroy Vinnegar - Bass
Billy Higgins - Drums
Listening Room – “Soul Junction”
Red Garland - "Birk's Works"
Red Garland - "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)"
From "Soul Junction" : 1957 : Prestige Records
Red Garland was just finishing up his stint with Miles Davis' first great quintet when he recorded this 1957 album on the Prestige Records label. Coltrane and Donald Byrd are in great form as is the rest of the group while performing one Garland original (the title track) as well as standards of the day including Dizzy Gillespie's "Birks Works" and Ellington's "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good).
Players:
Red Garland - Piano
John Coltrane - Tenor Sax
Donald Byrd - Trumpet
George Joyner - Bass
Art Taylor - Drums
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