The All American Trio

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The All American Trio
Studio album by
Released1984
RecordedDecember 22 & 23, 1983
Vanguard Studios, NYC
GenreJazz
LabelBaystate
RJL-8085
ProducerBenny Golson, Fumimaru Kawashima and Makoto Kimata
Cedar Walton chronology
Eastern Rebellion 4
(1983)
The All American Trio
(1984)
Cedar's Blues
(1985)

The All American Trio (also released as Cedar Walton/Ron Carter/Jack DeJohnette) is an album by pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Ron Carter and Drummer Jack DeJohnette recorded in 1983 and first released on the Japanese Baystate label.[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz highlighted DeJohnette's musical progress since his 1968 recordings with Walton, and commented that "all three players are intuitively musical in approach".[3]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Cedar Walton except as indicated

  1. "Iron Clad" – 5:52
  2. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 6:37
  3. "Blue Heart" (Benny Golson) – 5:05
  4. "Ebony" (Jack DeJohnette) – 5:21
  5. "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:09
  6. "A Slight Smile" (Ron Carter) – 5:07
  7. "The Rubber Man" – 6:24
  8. "B and A" (Carter) – 4:44

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cedar Walton discography accessed February 16, 2015
  2. ^ a b AllMusic listing, accessed February 16, 2015
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 1118. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4.