Born in Dallas, Texas, on January 17 1934, Cedar Anthony Walton had his first piano lessons from his mother, herself a classically trained pianist. She also took him to local concerts by jazz pianists ...

Cedar Walton died this morning at his home in Brooklyn at the age of 79. Family members confirmed his passing but have not announced the cause of death. A pianist admired for his adaptability and ...

Cedar's Blues; Ugetsu; Insight; Over The Rainbow; Fiesta Espanola; ...

Re-creating iconic albums has become a familiar form of tribute in pop and rock, a communal celebration that usually features various musicians assembling to cover, say, Joni Mitchell’s “Blue,” The ...

Cedar Walton's contemporaries were and are some of the greatest, most innovative jazz musicians in that music's history. Walton, a pianist who moved to New York City in the mid-1950s, walked the ...

For the latest installment of Jazz Night's Crate Digging series our host, Christian McBride, spotlights one of his favorite pianists: the late Cedar Walton. Walton is respected among the giants but ...

The standout line on Cedar Walton’s resume covers his years with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers–1961 to ’64 and again in the early 70s–during which he added some marvelous pages to the Messengers book ( ...