Cedar Walton Quintet - Cedar's Blues (1985) FLAC

Tracks

01. Insight
02.Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg)
03.Fiesta Español
04.Cedar's Blues
05.Ugetsu

Personnel

Cedar Walton – piano
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Bob Berg – tenor saxophone
David Williams – bass
Billy Higgins – drums

Although the Eastern Rebellion name is not used on this release, the personnel of the quintet (pianist Cedar Walton, tenor saxophonist Bob Berg, trombonist Curtis Fuller, bassist David Williams and drummer Billy Higgins) is the same as the mid-'80s version of that hard bop group. Their live set (recorded in Bologna, Italy) features the band performing four Walton originals (including "Cedar's Blues" and "Ugestu") plus "Over the Rainbow." The results may not be unique but the solos of Walton, Berg and Fuller are consistently satisfying, making this date easily recommended to hard bop collectors.
Scott Yanow