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Cedar Walton

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Cedar Walton is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Karriem Riggins, Ahmad Jamal, Kenny Dorham 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, Wynton Kelly, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard and Joe Lovano, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Madlib, Sound Directions, Yesterday's New Quintet, Sonny Stitt and Albert Heath, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Cedar Walton, reaching back through Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and forward to Madlib. 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 WaltonArt Blakey & The Jaz…Karriem RigginsAhmad JamalKenny DorhamArt BlakeyRon CarterHank JonesNat King ColeMadlibSound DirectionsYesterday's New Quin…Sonny StittAlbert HeathArt BlakeyKenny DorhamBenny GolsonBobby TimmonsWynton KellyWayne ShorterFreddie HubbardJoe LovanoHank MobleyChick CoreaBrad Mehldau

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Cedar Walton connections

Cedar Walton grew out of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Karriem Riggins, Ahmad Jamal and Kenny Dorham, shares an orbit with Bobby Timmons, Wynton Kelly, Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard, went on to shape Madlib, Sound Directions, Yesterday's New Quintet and Sonny Stitt. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Cedar Walton

Roots13

Sounds and acts that shaped Cedar Walton.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Cedar Walton.

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