Walter Bishop Jr's 4th Cycle, Keeper of my Soul (1973) plus more

 

And welcome to March...

Only album from this assemblage, which came out in 1973.  On the other hand, Walter on his own made quite a few nice records in the jazz or fusion style.

His discogs bio:

American jazz pianist and composer.

Born : October 04, 1927 in New York City, New York.

Died : January 24, 1998 in New York City, New York.

He was the son of composer Walter Bishop, Sr.. In high school his friends included Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, and Art Taylor. He began his musical career after World War II, and played and recorded with Art Blakey, Charlie Parker, Oscar Pettiford, Kai Winding, Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Curtis Fuller, Terry Gibbs, Clark Terry, Blue Mitchell, and Supersax. In the early 1960s he also led his own trio with Jimmy Garrison and G. T. Hogan. He continued performing into the 1990s.

After studying at The Juilliard School with Hall Overton in the late 1960s, he taught music theory at colleges in Los Angeles in the 1970s. In 1983 he began teaching at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford. He also wrote a book, A Study in Fourths, about jazz improvisation based on cycles of fourths and fifths.

From 1973, the lovely Soul Village which, of course, appeared on the Frayker compilation.

The composition called Valerie, from Soul Village which came out in 1977, features such a great opening with the sax playing what sounds like sighs: