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Cedar Walton

Jazz
Jazz

Cedar Walton is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Kenny Dorham, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Karriem Riggins, Ahmad Jamal and Art Blakey. Those roots explain a lot about how Cedar Walton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bobby Timmons, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Mobley and Chick Corea, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sound Directions, Yesterday's New Quintet, Albert Heath, Madlib and Art Blakey, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Cedar Walton, reaching back through Kenny Dorham and forward to Sound Directions. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Cedar WaltonKenny DorhamArt Blakey & The Jaz…Karriem RigginsAhmad JamalArt BlakeyRon CarterHank JonesNat King ColeSound DirectionsYesterday's New Quin…Albert HeathMadlibArt BlakeyKenny DorhamBenny GolsonArt FarmerBobby TimmonsWayne ShorterFreddie HubbardHank MobleyChick CoreaHank JonesHorace Silver

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Cedar Walton connections

Cedar Walton grew out of Kenny Dorham, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Karriem Riggins and Ahmad Jamal, shares an orbit with Bobby Timmons, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard and Hank Mobley, went on to shape Sound Directions, Yesterday's New Quintet, Albert Heath and Madlib. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Cedar Walton

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