Soul Cycle is an album by pianist Cedar Walton, which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Soul Cycle
Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedJuly 25, 1969
New York City
GenreJazz
Length37:24
LabelPrestige
PR 7693
ProducerDon Schlitten
Cedar Walton chronology
The Electric Boogaloo Song
(1969)
Soul Cycle
(1970)
Breakthrough!
(1972)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Walton was trying to widen his audience a bit at the time — not a bad goal, except that he felt he had to water down his music on a few of these numbers. A mixed bag".[2]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Cedar Walton, except as indicated

  1. "Sundown Express" - 6:49
  2. "Quiet Dawn" - 7:31
  3. "Pensativa" (Clare Fischer) - 6:28
  4. "My Cherie Amour" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) - 4:13
  5. "Easy Walker" (Billy Taylor) - 8:03
  6. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) - 3:26

Personnel edit

Production edit

References edit

  1. ^ Prestige Records discography, accessed January 24, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, January 24, 2013.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 202. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1462. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.