Cedar Walton
Piano Solo on
Spellbound

About

Cedar Walton contributes three choruses on piano, the second of 3 solos on the recording. Taken at a brisk swing tempo of 243 BPM over the 36-bar form in B♭, the improvisation moves with confident, driving energy. Cedar Walton matches Jordan with three piano choruses of his own, his playing already showing the rhythmic acuity and harmonic imagination that would make him one of jazz's most sought-after sidemen. Recorded for the album Spellbound in 1960, the performance captures Cedar Walton at 25 to 26 years old. "Spellbound" is an original composition by tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan, written as the title track for his 1960 album on Riverside Records.

Cedar Walton was 25 to 26 years old at the time.