The All American Trio Explained

The All American Trio
Type:	Album
Artist:	Cedar Walton, Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette
Cover:	The All American Trio.jpg
Released:	1984
Recorded:	December 22 & 23, 1983 Vanguard Studios, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Baystate RJL-8085
Producer:	Benny Golson, Fumimaru Kawashima and Makoto Kimata
Chronology:	Cedar Walton
Prev Title:	Eastern Rebellion 4
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Cedar's Blues
Next Year:	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

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".

Track listing

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

• Cedar Walton – piano
• Ron Carter – bass
• Jack DeJohnette – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/cedar-walton/catalog/#baystate-rjl-8085 Cedar Walton discography
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/cedar-walton-ron-carter-jack-dejohnette-mw0000870476/credits AllMusic listing