From Another Star
Released: Oct 5, 1998
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Released: Oct 5, 1998
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After spending much of the 1990s at Concord Jazz, Walter Norris started his own label, Sunburst Recordings, with From Another Star. This excellent CD, recorded when Norris was 66, finds the...
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Stepping on Cracks
Released: Jul 17, 1978
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Released: Jul 17, 1978
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A late '70s date with some energetic, if at times nearly chaotic, piano solos from Walter Norris. Norris blends blues, gospel, free, and hard bop elements in his playing, which is filled with...
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Drifting
Released: August 1974
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Released: August 1974
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A '92 reissue of an excellent mid-'70s session by pianist Walter Norris, who's made few records, all of which are worth having. He's a slashing, more unorthodox player with both free and hard bop...
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Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 4
Released: April 1990
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Released: April 1990
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A harmonically advanced and a consistently explorative player, Walter Norris' rhapsodic improvisations often replace the conventional chords of standards with more complex voicings and sometimes...
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Lush Life
Released: 1990
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Released: 1990
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Pianist Walter Norris has the knack for making the most overplayed standards sound fresh. By reharmonizing the chord structures and altering the melodies a bit, he was able to reinvent most of the...
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