Cedar Walton Breakthrough! CD

Breakthrough! Music

List Price	$11.98 (You save $2.29)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz Instrument CDs, Piano, Jazz, Enhanced CD
Label	Savoy Jazz
Orig Year	1999
All Time Sales Rank	95031
CD Universe Part number	6140235
Catalog number	17278
Discs	1
Release Date	Aug 26, 2003
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Don Schlitten
Engineer	Malcolm Addey
Personnel	Sam Jones, Billy Higgins, Cedar Walton, Hank Mobley, Charles Davis, Charles Davis

Cedar Walton Breakthrough! Songs

1.	Breakthrough	$0.99
2.	Sabia	$0.99
3.	House on Maple Street	$0.99
4.	Theme From Love Story	$0.99
5.	Summertime	$0.99
6.	Early Morning Stroll	$0.99

Breakthrough! Music Review

Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars) 3 stars

3 stars Mobley & Trane
I love Hank Mobley. But I just can't get comfortable with this. It's highly spirited, somewhat diverse, and rather challenging. Yet, to me, Hank seems to strive for things just out of his reach, as happened to so many of the pre-Trane saxophonists who caught the tail of the Giant. A for effort, C for results. Walton is strong, even on electric, and Jones & Higgins are locked in. Sound is a bit harsh, and slightly remote. Three stars.
Submitted by vaughnrkeith (Milton, NH, USA)
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