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Cedar Walton with Vincent Herring at Dizzy's 8/15-20 |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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Sunday, 13 August 2006 |
 Cedar Walton
The Cedar Walton Quartet featuring Vincent Herring will perform at
Dizzy's Club Coca Cola on August 15th-20th. For over 25 years, pianist Cedar Walton has
been acclaimed by fellow jazz musicians and audience around the world.
Walton has performed with a number of jazz greats while also leading
his own successful groups. This quartet continues Walton's stint
at Dizzy's with a new configuration, consisting of Cedar Walton
(piano), Vincent Herring (alto saxophone), David Williams (bass) and Joe
Farnsworth (drums)
Born January 17, 1934 in Dallas, Texas, Cedar Walton began his career
in music at an early age. An after-hours gig at the Denver Club
introduced him to notable musicians like Charlie Parker, Dizzy
Gillespie and John Coltrane, who would sit in with Walton's group when
they passed through town. From there, Walton ventured to New York and
began to work with Lou Donaldson, Gigi Gryce, Sonny Rollins and Kenny
Dorham before landing his first touring job with J.J. Johnson. Soon
after, the pianist made his recording debut backing Kenny Dorham on the
Riverside album Kenny Dorham Sings.
He also made two records with J.J. Johnson' s group on Columbia Records
before joining the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet, a group he toured
and recorded with for two years. Walton's next major musical
association was with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. During his
three-year tenure with Blakey, Walton became known as a composer,
contributing originals like "Mosaic" and "The Promised Land" to the
Jazz Messaangers' book.
Walton left the Jazz Messengers to lead rhythm sections and trios in
New York. His debut recording as a leader came in 1966 with the release
of Cedar on Prestige
Records. In 1981, he formed a trio with Ron Carter and Billy
Higgins which clicked right from the start. Around the same time,
Walton became part of the Timeless All-Stars, a sextet also featuring
Harold Land, Bobby Hutcherson, Curtis Fuller, Buster Williams and Billy
Higgins. Walton also performed with Milt Jackson, Frank Morgan, Dexter
Gordon and vocalists Ernestine Anderson and Freddy Cole, and held the
piano chair of The Trumpet Summit Band.
Cedar Walton is one of the most influential jazz musicians active
today. His original compositions like "Bolivia", "Clockwise" and "Firm
Roots" are frequently recorded by other musicians, and have become part
of the standard Jazz repertoire. Cedar Walton has emerged as a true
master of jazz.
Vincent Herring played sax at West Point in the U.S. Military
Band. Dubbed a “Young Lion” in the early 80s, he toured with the Lionel
Hampton Band before his big break with Nat Adderley's band, displaying
a style in the vein of Nat’s brother, Cannonball. Notes International
Jazz Productions, “Vincent has developed into a virtuoso with a voice
that is uniquely intense and vigorous with the energy and direction.”
Regarding his place in the Cannonball chair with the Legacy Band, Jazz
Times (November 2002) noted that he has “formidable technique and the
appropriately aggressive attitude to put it over. Like Adderley,
Herring tells a story when he plays, quotes other songs in his
solos…and always plays hip turnarounds at the ends of his phrases.”
(For more information on Vincent Herring, see www.vincentherring.com)
The Cedar Walton Quartet featuring Vincent Herring will perform at
Dizzy's on August 15th-20th with shows at 7:30 & 9:30pm
Tuesday-Sunday, 11:30pm show Friday and Saturday. Visit www.jalc.org for more information. |
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