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| 1. | Waltz for Debby
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| 2. | Goodbye
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| 3. | Who Cares?
Take 5
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| 4. | Who Cares?
Bonus - Take 4
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| 5. | Venice
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| 6. | Toy
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| 7. | Elsa
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| 8. | Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
Re-Take 7
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| 9. | Know What I Mean?
Re-Take 7
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| 10. | Know What I Mean?
Bonus - Take 12
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Jazz / Soul-Jazz; Hard Bop
Recorded: Jan 27, Feb 21 & Mar 13, 1961, Bell Sound Studios, New York City, New York
Digitally remastered by David Luke (1987, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California)
Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
Bill Evans - piano
Percy Heath - bass
Connie Kay - drums
Adderley & Evans played together for nearly a year in one of the most significant units in contemporary jazz: the 1958 Miles Davis Sextet. It was a vital formative period for both men, followed shortly in each case by tremendous individual success. This memorable 1962 reunion was Cannonball\'s idea; the group is completed by the rhythm-support half of the Modern Jazz Quartet: Percy Heath and Connie Kay. In a remarkable display of their musical range and sensitivity, the buoyant Adderley and introspective Evans move effortlessly toward a middle ground that shows both to great advantage.
Possibly the best of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley's many releases, 1961's KNOW WHAT I MEAN? finds the alto saxophonist in a different setting. Usually found fronting hard-bop combos featuring his brother Nat on cornet, Adderley is here accompanied by pianist Bill Evans, bassist Percy Heath, and Modern Jazz Quartet drummer Connie Kay. In these more placid surroundings, Adderley showcases an entirely different side to his playing.
Accompanied by B. Evans' impressionistic, watery piano and Kay's low-key drums, Adderley's lines are lighter and more peaceful than his usual bluesy tone. The opening "Waltz for Debby" and the moody "Who Cares" could pass for outtakes from Miles Davis' KIND OF BLUE, a record on which both Adderley and Evans had played. KNOW WHAT I MEAN? is something of an anomaly for Adderley, but it's a delightful one. This is an under-appreciated masterwork of modern jazz. The CD includes two alternate takes.
* Akira Taguchi - Mastering Supervisor
* Alan Yoshida - Mastering
* Bill Stoddard - Engineer
* David Luke - Digital Remastering
* Joe Goldberg - Liner Notes
* Ken Deardoff - Cover Design, Design
* Orrin Keepnews - Liner Notes, Producer
* Shigeo Miyamoto - Mastering Engineer
* Steve Hoffman - Liner Notes, Mastering
* Steve Schapiro - Photography
What's better than a Bill Evans Trio album? How about a B. Evans trio album on which the bassist is Percy Heath, the drummer is Connie Kay, and the leader is not Evans but alto sax god Cannonball Adderley, making the group actually a quartet? It's a different sort of ensemble, to be sure, and the musical results are marvelous. Adderley's playing on "Waltz for Debby" is both muscular and sensitive, as it is on the other Evans composition here, a modal ballad called "Know What I Mean?" Other treats include the sprightly "Toy" and two takes of the Gershwin classic "Who Cares?" The focus here is, of course, on Adderley's excellent post-bop stylings, but it's also interesting to hear Evans playing with a rhythm section as staid and conservative as Kay and Heath (both charter members of the Modern Jazz Quartet). It's hard to imagine any fan of mainstream jazz not finding much to love on this very fine recording.
---Rick Anderson, All Music Guide |
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