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Cedar Walton

Regarded highly by aficionados for his adventurous style, jazz pianist Cedar Walton accompanied many of the major players in the genre, led his own bands and wrote several popular modern jazz songs that entered the jazz canon. He played a formative role in the development of the hard-driving blues-style jazz known as hard bop but was a master of all forms. He appeared on more than 60 albums over a long career and made regular appearances at top jazz clubs including Ronnie Scott's in London. Born in Texas, he learned to play the piano from his mother and after attending the U...