The Electric Boogaloo Song

1969 studio album by Cedar Walton

Studio album by

Cedar Walton

Released

1969

Recorded

January 14, 1969
New York City

Genre

Jazz

Label

Prestige
PR 7618

Producer

Don Schlitten

Cedar Walton chronology

Spectrum
(1968)

The Electric Boogaloo Song
(1969)

Soul Cycle
(1969)

The Electric Boogaloo Song is an album by pianist Cedar Walton, which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

AllMusic reviewed the album, stating: "The Electric Boogaloo Song (1969) continued the high standards of earlier successes like Cedar! and Spectrum, thanks to another strong batch of Walton-penned sides and excellent support musicians."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Cedar Walton except as indicated

"The Electric Boogaloo Song" – 8:15
"You Stepped out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – 7:45
"Impressions of Scandinavia" (Clifford Jordan) – 5:08
"Sabbatical" – 8:10
"Ugetsu" – 5:04

Personnel

Cedar Walton – piano, electric piano
Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone, flute
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Mickey Roker – drums

Production

Don Schlitten – producer
Dave Jones – engineer

References

^ Prestige Records discography. accessed January 24, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Cook, S. AllMusic Review, January 24, 2013.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 202. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Cedar Walton

Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.

As
leader
or
co-leader

Cedar! (1967)
Spectrum (1968)
The Electric Boogaloo Song (1969)
Soul Cycle (1969)
Breakthrough! (1972)
A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1 (1973)
A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2 (1973)
Firm Roots (1974)
Pit Inn (1974)
Mobius (1975)
Eastern Rebellion (1976)
The Pentagon (1975)
Beyond Mobius (1976)
Eastern Rebellion 2 (1977)
First Set (1977)
Second Set (1977)
Third Set (1977)
Animation (1978)
Eastern Rebellion 3 (1979)
Soundscapes (1980)
The Maestro (1981)
Piano Solos (1981)
Heart & Soul (1982)
Among Friends (1982)
The All American Trio (1983)
Eastern Rebellion 4 (1983)
Cedar's Blues (1985)
The Trio 1 (1985)
The Trio 2 (1985)
The Trio 3 (1985)
Cedar Walton (1985)
Bluesville Time (1985)
Blues for Myself (1986)
Cedar Walton Plays (1986)
Duo (1990)
Cedar Walton at Maybeck (1992)
Manhattan Afternoon (1992)
Composer (1996)
Roots (1997)
The Promise Land (2001)
Latin Tinge (2002)
Underground Memoirs (2005)
Midnight Waltz (2005)
One Flight Down (2006)
Seasoned Wood (2008)
Voices Deep Within (2009)
The Bouncer (2011)

As
sideman
with
Art Blakey
& The Jazz
Messengers

Three Blind Mice (1961)
Mosaic (1961)
Buhaina's Delight (1961)
Caravan (1962)
Ugetsu (1963)
Free for All (1964)
Kyoto (1964)
Indestructible (1964)
Golden Boy (1964)
Buhaina (1973)
Anthenagin (1973)

With
Art Farmer
(or where
stated),
Benny
Golson
&
The Jazztet

Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Golson, 1960–61)
The Jazztet and John Lewis (The Jazztet, 1960–61)
Big City Sounds (The Jazztet, 1961)
The Jazztet at Birdhouse (The Jazztet, 1961)
The Time and the Place (1967)
The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967)
Homecoming (1971)
Yesterday's Thoughts (1975)
To Duke with Love (1975)
The Summer Knows (1976)
Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (1976)
Voices All (The Jazztet, 1982)

With
Eddie Harris

Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (1964)
The In Sound (1965)
Mean Greens (1966)
The Tender Storm (1966)
Excursions (1966)
How Can You Live Like That? (1976)

With
Billy Higgins

Soweto (1979)
The Soldier (1979)
Once More (1980)
Bridgework (1980–86)
Billy Higgins Quintet (1993)

With
Milt Jackson

Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (1965)
Born Free (1966)
Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (1968)
Goodbye (1972–73)
Olinga (1974)

With
Etta James

Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday (1994)
Time After Time (1995)
12 Songs of Christmas (1998)
Blue Gardenia (2000–1)

With
Clifford
Jordan

Spellbound (1960)
Starting Time (1961)
Bearcat (1962)
These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (1965)
Glass Bead Games (1973)
Half Note (1974)
Night of the Mark VII (aka, The Highest Mountain, Muse, 1975)
On Stage Vol. 1 (1975)
On Stage Vol. 2 (1975)
On Stage Vol. 3 (1975)
Firm Roots (1975)
The Highest Mountain (SteepleChase, 1975)

With
Blue
Mitchell

The Cup Bearers (1962)
Boss Horn (1966)
Stratosonic Nuances (1975)
Summer Soft (1977)

With
Houston
Person

Chocomotive (1967)
Trust in Me (1967)
Blue Odyssey (1968)
Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972)
The Big Horn (1976)
Very Personal (1980)
Naturally (2012)

With
others

God Bless Jug and Sonny (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973)
Left Bank Encores (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973)
Something for Lester (Ray Brown, 1977)
Slow Drag (Donald Byrd, 1967)
The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971–73)
Somethin's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1981)
Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman, 1971–72)
Katumbo (Dance) (Johnny Coles, 1971)
Giant Steps (John Coltrane, 1959)
Up, Up and Away (Sonny Criss, 1967)
The Beat Goes On! (Sonny Criss, 1968)
This Is the Moment! (Kenny Dorham, 1958)
Blue Spring (Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley, 1959)
It's All Right! (Teddy Edwards, 1967)
Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961)
Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972)
Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
Generation (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
Bush Dance (Johnny Griffin, 1978)
Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985)
The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961)
Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966)
Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard, 1961)
Here to Stay (Freddie Hubbard, 1962)
The Body & the Soul (Freddie Hubbard,1963)
Bolivia (Freddie Hubbard, 1991)
Highway One (Bobby Hutcherson, 1978)
Farewell Keystone (Bobby Hutcherson, 1982)
Really Livin' (J.J. Johnson, 1959)
J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960)
Save Your Love for Me (Etta Jones, 1986)
Advance! (Philly Joe Jones, 1978)
Drum Song (Philly Joe Jones, 1978)
Seven Minds (Sam Jones, 1974)
Something in Common (Sam Jones, 1974–77)
First Class Kloss! (Eric Kloss, 1967)
Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln, 1959)
Strings! (Pat Martino, 1967)
From This Moment On! (Charles McPherson, 1968)
Horizons (Charles McPherson, 1968)
Caramba! (Lee Morgan, 1968)
The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1968)
The Mode (Sonny Red, 1961)
Sonny Red (1971)
Setting Standards (Woody Shaw, 1983)
For Losers (Archie Shepp, 1968–69)
Kwanza (Archie Shepp, 1968–69)
Now Is the Time (Idrees Sulieman, 1976)
Goodbye Yesterday (Lucky Thompson, 1972)
Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail (Lucky Thompson, 1972)
I Offer You (Lucky Thompson, 1973)
Another Story (Stanley Turrentine, 1969)
Up Front (David Williams, 1986)

v t e Clifford Jordan
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Blowing in from Chicago (1957) Cliff Jordan (1957) Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons (1957) Cliff Craft (1957) Spellbound (1960) A Story Tale (1961) Starting Time (1961) Bearcat (1962) These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (1965) Soul Fountain (1966) In the World (1969) Glass Bead Games (1973) Half Note (1974) Night of the Mark VII (aka, The Highest Mountain, Muse, 1975) On Stage Vol. 1 (1975) On Stage Vol. 2 (1975) On Stage Vol. 3 (1975) Firm Roots (1975) The Highest Mountain (SteepleChase, 1975) Remembering Me-Me (1976) Inward Fire (1977) The Adventurer (1978) Hello, Hank Jones (1978) Hyde Park After Dark (1981) Repetition (1984) Dr. Chicago (1984) Two Tenor Winner (1984) The Rotterdam Session (1985) Royal Ballads (1986) Live at Ethell's (1987) Masters from Different Worlds (1989) Four Play (1990) The Mellow Side of Clifford Jordan (1989–91) Play What You Feel (1990) Down Through the Years (1991)
With Art Farmer	Mirage (1982) You Make Me Smile (1984) Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1987) Blame It on My Youth (1988) Ph.D. (1989)
With Charles Mingus	Cornell 1964 (March 1964) Town Hall Concert (April 1964) Astral Weeks (April 1964) Mingus in Europe Volume I (April 1964) Mingus in Europe Volume II (April 1964) Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (June 1964)
With Lee Morgan	Here's Lee Morgan (1960) Expoobident (1960) Take Twelve (1962)
With Max Roach	Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961) It's Time (1962) Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
With Cedar Walton	Spectrum (1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (1969) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1/Naima (1973) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2 (1973) The Pentagon (1976)
With others	Paul Chambers Quintet (1957) Sonny Clark Quintets/My Conception (1957) Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Richard Davis, 1972) Dealin' (Richard Davis, 1973) Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963) Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963) To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992) Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985) Luminous (John Hicks and Elise Wood, 1985) Shades (Andrew Hill, 1986) J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1961) Con Alma! (Charles McPherson, 1965) Any Old Time (Carmen McRae, 1986) Carmen Sings Monk (Carmen McRae, 1988) Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988) Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988) Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962) Manhattan Project (Dizzy Reece, 1976) The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957) Further Explorations (Horace Silver, 1958) Music Inc. (Charles Tolliver, 1970) What It Is (Mal Waldron, 1981) Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1967)

v t e Blue Mitchell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Big 6 (1958) Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (with Red and Whitey Mitchell, 1958) Out of the Blue (1959) Blue Soul (1959) Blue's Moods (1960) Smooth as the Wind (1960–61) A Sure Thing (1962) The Cup Bearers (1962) Step Lightly (1963) The Thing to Do (1964) Down with It! (1965) Bring It Home to Me (1966) Boss Horn (1966) Heads Up! (1967) Collision in Black (1968) Bantu Village (1969) Blue Mitchell/Soul Village (1971) Vital Blue (1971) Blues' Blues (1972) The Last Tango = Blues (1973) Graffiti Blues (1973) Many Shades of Blue (1974) Stratosonic Nuances (1975) Funktion Junction (1976) African Violet (1977) Mapenzi (1977) Stablemates (1977) Summer Soft (1977)
With Lou Donaldson	Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952) The Time Is Right (1959) Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967) Midnight Creeper (1968) Say It Loud! (1968) Everything I Play Is Funky (1970) Pretty Things (1970)
With Philly Joe Jones	Together! (with Elvin Jones, 1961) Drums Around the World (1959) Showcase (1959) Advance! (1978) Drum Song (1978)
With Sam Jones	The Soul Society (1960) The Chant (1961) Down Home (1962) Something in Common (1974–77) Changes & Things (1977)
With Jimmy McGriff	The Worm (1968) Step 1 (1968) A Thing to Come By (1969) Electric Funk (1969)
With Horace Silver	Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Finger Poppin' (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64)
With Stanley Turrentine	A Chip off the Old Block (1963) In Memory Of (1964) Rough 'n' Tumble (1966) The Spoiler (1966) A Bluish Bag (1967) The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967) The Sugar Man (1971)
With others	Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley, 1958) Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960) Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960) My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles, 1970) True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Dolo! (Dolo Coker, 1976) California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1961) Filthy! (Papa John Creach, 1972) Red's Good Groove (Red Garland, 1962) Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green, 1970) Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966) Homecoming! (Elmo Hope, 1961) Montara (Bobby Hutcherson, 1975) The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard, 1969) The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef, 1968) Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern, 1968) Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall, 1971) Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973) Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961) Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae, 1976) Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960) Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967) Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman, 1970) Opus De Don (Don Patterson, 1968) Oh Baby! (Big John Patton, 1965) Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960) Images (Sonny Red, 1961) Good Move! (Freddie Roach, 1963) Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse, 1960) Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt, 1962) Soul Time (Bobby Timmons, 1960) Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick, 1963) The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966) Spectrum (Cedar Walton, 1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969) Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976) Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1966)