Roots (Cedar Walton album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Roots
| type = Studio
| artist = Cedar Walton
| cover = Roots (Cedar Walton album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1997
| recorded = January 3 & 4, 1997
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
| genre = Jazz
| length = 59:10
| label = Astor Place
TCD-4010
| producer = Don Sickler & Cedar Walton
| chronology = Cedar Walton
| prev_title = Composer
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = The Promise Land
| next_year = 2001
}}
Roots is an album by pianist Cedar Walton which was recorded in 1997 and released on the Astor Place label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/cedar-walton/catalog/#astor-place-tcd-4010 Cedar Walton discography] accessed February 24, 2015
Reception
Allmusic reviewed the album stating "this is a solid, modern hard bop date that reaches its potential".Yanow, S., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/roots-mw0000239971 Allmusic Review], accessed February 24, 2015 All About Jazz observed "Cedar Walton is a treasure with an uncanny sense for composition, arrangement, and performance. His most recent recording Roots readily bears this out. His music is layered, as is his band... This is sophisticated and readily consumable mainstream jazz that is well recommended".Bailey, C. M., [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/roots-cedar-walton-review-by-c-michael-bailey.php All About Jazz Review], June 1, 1999 JazzTimes said "Cedar Walton is an heir to those class acts that have made the piano so often the repository of the orchestral voice of jazz... Here he gets a chance to give voice to his muse through a larger ensemble... the compositions sound fresh-benefitting from these new arrangements and from the range of solo styles that play over them".Bennett, B., [http://jazztimes.com/articles/10560-roots-cedar-walton JazzTimes Review], October 1999
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1463}}
}}
Track listing
All compositions by Cedar Walton
- "Bolivia" - 6:28
- "Ojos de Rojo" - 7:57
- "When Love Is New" - 8:05
- "I'll Let You Know" - 6:24
- "Mode for Joe" - 6:28
- "Blue Monterey" - 5:22
- "Fantasy in D" - 4:52
- "Fiesta Español" - 6:37
- "Firm Roots" - 6:57
Personnel
- Cedar Walton - piano
- Terence Blanchard - trumpet
- Don Sickler - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Scott Whitfield - trombone
- Willie Williams - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Bobby Porcelli - alto saxophone
- Joshua Redman - tenor saxophone
- Gary Smulyan - baritone saxophone
- Mark Whitfield - guitar
- Ron Carter - bass
- Lewis Nash - drums
- Ray Mantilla - percussion
=Production=
- Don Sickler - producer
- Rudy Van Gelder - engineer