10 June 2019

Walden Wimberley & His Musical Friends - What The Pyramid Told Me - self produced 2005

One can think that musicians who stay unknown belong to the sixties or the seventies but even from the recent times we can still discover some musicians that still play in the underground of the underground. It is the case for this talented pianist, if you check on the web you will find almost no informations about him directly. One of his first appearance seems to have been in a band created by Roy Campbell Jr and named « Shades And Colors Of Trane » with Hilliard Greene and Warren Smith. In 2004 and 2005 he made two cdr self produced and only available during his concerts, in 2006 he recorded with Ras Moshe for one of his « Live Spirits » volume, obviously… that’s all.
So if someone have more informations about him it will be appreciated.

Walden Wimberley: piano
Hilliard Greene: bass
Christopher Dean Sullivan: bass
Daniel Carter: saxophone
Ras Moshe: saxophone
Larry Boddie: percussion
Mike Thompson: drums
Recorded live at the Langston Hughes Public Library, Queens N.Y. 2005.
cdr self produced

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23 comments:

  1. correct silence10 June 2019 at 11:06:00 CEST

    https://1fichier.com/?75r9mfo6s1cpghvr6l1l

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  2. francisco santos10 June 2019 at 15:55:00 CEST

    BIG THX!...

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  3. john_a10 June 2019 at 22:22:00 CEST

    Thanks for the rare release!
    This was my first exposure to the artist, some of the piano vamping reminded me of McCoy Tyner, not that they really sound much alike..

    Some subsequent searching leads me to think Walden Wimberley the pianist is also the abstract expressionist painter Frank Walden Wimberley. Could this be?
    A few art site references show his middle name (Walden) but the first name (Frank) seems to be more prevalent for the painter.

    https://www.frankwimberleyart.com/

    In his nineties today, looks like he's active and currently has a solo exhibition in NYC. The Bio on his art page indicates he played Jazz.

    "Born in Pleasantville, New Jersey in 1926, abstract expressionist painter, Frank Wimberley later attended Howard University and studied with James Porter, Lois Mailou Jones and James Wells. While a student, he also played jazz (a consistent theme in his work) and later became friends with musicians such as Miles Davis, Ron Carter, and Wayne Shorter."

    Also, I found a track list for 'What The Pyramid Told Me'
    1. What the Pyramids Told Me (Part One) - 8:36
    2. What the Pyramids Told Me (Part Two) - 6:35
    3. Thoughts of Daniel - 1:55
    4. Valley of the Kings - 7:22
    5. Layin' Real Low on the Nile - 5:31
    6. Lovely Morning Sunrise on the Sudan - 4:11
    7. Eternal Time - 3:04
    8. Land of the Pharoahs - 6:44
    9. Announcement - 0:43

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  4. correct silence11 June 2019 at 08:40:00 CEST

    Thanks a lot John for the informations, particularly for the track listing. In fact except the paper that I have scanned for this post I have the same art work for both cdr and it is the art work for the preview cdr with Sabir Mateen, those are really homemade cdr and art work. I can't say if the painter and the musician are the same person. On the few pictures that I have, Walden Wimberley looks younger than 80 years old, age that he supposed to have at the time of those recordings but it could be him.

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  5. john_a11 June 2019 at 11:55:00 CEST

    I read another bio of the artist (Frank Walden Wimberley) that stated he had a son named Walden, but still nothing definitive to show either one is the pianist.

    But I do suspect it's one of them, there's enough resemblence in their faces:

    Artist:
    http://www.valentinemuseumofart.com/frank-wimberley.html

    Musician:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJ3EjscjcQ

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  6. BT11 June 2019 at 18:07:00 CEST

    Many thanks

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  7. Rev. bIGhIG14 June 2019 at 05:43:00 CEST

    Thanks for this rarity. Never heard of the cat, but really dig it.

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  8. finn14 June 2019 at 08:51:00 CEST

    Front cover is on the album's Allmusic page.

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  9. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth21 June 2019 at 18:56:00 CEST

    It is the son. See https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/27/nyregion/neighborhood-report-harlem-buzz-coltrane-for-all-generations.html

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  10. correct silence23 June 2019 at 14:44:00 CEST

    Thank you Ernst Now we have the answer of the riddle but due to the fact that there was nothing to win, can I still say "the winner is..."

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  11. unitstructure1 November 2019 at 13:53:00 CET

    Thank you for the share.I enjoyed the spirited playing very much. So interesting to hear under the radar players.

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  12. Noissessprahs7 September 2023 at 00:20:00 CEST

    Please reupload if possible, this looks incredible, thank you!

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  13. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth7 September 2023 at 09:24:00 CEST

    1fichier

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  14. trabukko.597 September 2023 at 10:49:00 CEST

    Thanks Ernst! He was lost with a dead hard drive. It's nice to have found it again.

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  15. JColtrane7 September 2023 at 13:37:00 CEST

    Big thanks

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  16. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth7 September 2023 at 15:00:00 CEST

    Hi Trabukko.59 - I'm glad I could help a bit - you're welcome!
    Cheers

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  17. Guitarradeplastico,scraping oddities7 September 2023 at 16:48:00 CEST

    Thank you

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  18. er8 September 2023 at 19:57:00 CEST

    Thanks for the reup, but I can't see any link for download. Any help, please? Thanks in advance.

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  19. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth8 September 2023 at 20:13:00 CEST

    Hi er - please check again. Blogger has a new annoying function which hides even member comments. Now resurrected...
    Link is at comment from 7 September 2023 at 09:24:00 CEST

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  20. er9 September 2023 at 00:47:00 CEST

    Thanks dear Ernst. Greetings from Lisbon!

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  21. Noissessprahs10 September 2023 at 04:35:00 CEST

    Thanks very much Ernst, incredibly appreciated!

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  22. Rev. bIGhIG11 September 2023 at 04:13:00 CEST

    There is supposedly another Wimberley entitled "Oceans Inside the Sun" (2004)

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  23. Brewing Luminous11 October 2023 at 19:10:00 CEST

    Thank you

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