Mark Stryker Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) I'm seeing reliable voices on Twitter indicating that Cedar Walton has died. I have not seen any news reports yet but the sources include his son, pianist Eric Reed and Josh Jackson's The Checkout, Edited August 19, 2013 by Mark Stryker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david weiss Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Sadly, it is true..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 RIP. I'll certainly spin Mosaic today. Very sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Sad news. R.I.P.http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2013/08/hard-bop-jazz-pianist-is-dead.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Very sad news. RIP Mr. Walton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Sad to hear about Cedar Walton's passing... Glad I managed to caught him live at Ronnie Scott's back in the fall of 2011... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Very sad to hear of this. A legacy has been left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Sad news. First heard him on Blakey's "Free for All", a record I still love very much, twenty years later on ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Holy Shit. What a loss. RIP Cedar. That you for all the music. The world is a better place because of your music. Last week there was a memorial celebration for Mulgrew Miller. Cedar was supposed to be a part of that. He was absent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 RIP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2pUAdHP8OA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Very sad news. I saw him several times in concert, with Clifford Jordan, Sam Jones and Billy Higgins. They're all gone now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsMobley Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwGkDGST1IE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yeah, Eastern Rebellion! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvDsDF_Zid4 Would love to have such memories, Hans! Never caught any of them in time ... but that was a mighty fine band Jordan/Walton had! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Very sad . Great pianist and composer . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Oh fuck. Saw him twice with the Ralph Moore edition of Eastern Rebellion, including my only trip to the Vanguard. Great player and I don't know if he truly got all the acclaim his composing deserved. I'll be spinning a lot of music in his memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 I am lucky to have seen Cedar quite a few times over the years. If I saw his name on the bill, I made sure to go. He never disappointed. RIP to a great pianist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Schwartz Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) RIP Mr. Walton http://youtu.be/ZJ8_vtqYvV4 Edited August 19, 2013 by Mike Schwartz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted August 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 You know, all three members of the "The Magic Triangle" are now gone -- Cedar, Sam Jones, Billy Higgins. Very special rhythm section. Incomparable feel in the idiom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 and he just played July @ The Vanguard I recently read the fine interview with Ethan Iverson he did a couple of year's back, He came across as fine human being. I will dig up Mosaic later today for tomorrow's drive to work RIP, sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted August 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9pccmxOn5c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uli Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 RIP, Sir! this was the first that came to my mind this morning when I heard about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMDCdSv11no np https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwpph2h8jD8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 I saw Jackie McLean backed by Cedar's trio at the Vanguard about a year before Jackie passed. It was around Christmas time. Cedar opened with his own set. A very magical evening. RIP, and thanks for all you've given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjk Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 RIP, Cedar. I originally bought his lp called Cedar! because KD was on it, but obviously learned a larger appreciation for Cedar himself. I enjoy his work with Blue Mitchell and "Mode For Joe" is one of my favorite of his compositions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Train Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) Sad day. I was fortunate to see him once. Be well, Mr. Walton. Edited August 19, 2013 by Blue Train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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