Cedar Walton—a powerful hard-bop pianist who appeared on more than 400 recordings and combined a meaty, rhythmic-playing style with sensitive, delicate solos—died August 19. He was 79. [Photo above of Cedar Walton and Hank Mobley during Mobley’s Third Season session in 1967 by Francis Wolff]
During my interview with Cedar in 2011, he told me that his abi…
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