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*** 1/2 Cedar Walton & David Williams, “Off Minor,” Red Records. The adroit pianist Walton crafts his solos in the manner of his chief influence, Bud Powell, mixing garlands of plain-pretty melody with snap-crackle swinging lines, all of which fall easily on the ear. With his regular bassist, Williams, but without his ever-tasteful drummer, Billy Higgins, Walton’s work can be heard with a fight as his piano lines soar to the foreground. The superlative program includes three Monk pieces and a gritty original, “Hagy.”
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