Facts: - instrument: piano - death place: brooklyn , new york , united states - birth name: cedar anthony walton , jr. . - death date: 19 august 2013 - genre: jazz - birth date: january 17 , 1934 - name: cedar walton - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - image: cedar walton dachau 2001.jpg - birth place: dallas , texas , united states - occupation: musician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of cedar walton .
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cedar anthony walton , jr. -lrb- january 17 , 1934 -- august 19 , 2013 -rrb- was an american hard bop jazz pianist .he came to prominence as a member of drummer art blakey 's band before establishing a long career as a bandleader and composer .several of his compositions have become jazz standards , including '' mosaic '' , '' bolivia '' , '' holy land , '' '' mode for joe '' and '' ugetsu '' , also known as '' fantasy in d '' .