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| 1. | Hi-Fly
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| 2. | Work Song
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| 3. | Sack O' Woe
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| 4. | Jive Samba
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| 5. | This Here
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| 6. | The Sidewalks of New York
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| 7. | Hamba Nami
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| 8. | Domination
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| 9. | 74 Miles Away
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| 10. | Country Preacher
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| 11. | Stars Fell on Alabama
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| 12. | Walk Tall/Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
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Jazz / Soul-Jazz
Hard Bop
Recorded: Feb-Apr 1975, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
Remastered: 1999, Kirk Felton, Fantasy Studios
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley-soprano and alto saxophone
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Nat Adderley-cornet
George Duke-keyboards and synthesizers (all selections on Sides 1 and 2)
Mike Wolff-keyboards (all selections on Sides 3 and 4)
Sam Jones-acoustic bass (Sides 1 and 2)
Walter Booker-acoustic and electric bass (Sides 3 and 4)
Louis Hayes-drums (Sides 1 and 2)
Roy McCurdy-drums (Sides 3 and 4)
Airto Moreira-percussion, conga drums
("Stars Fell on Alabama" is played by Cannonball, Mike Wolff, and Airto only.)
Phoenix (also spelled "phenix"):
"In Egyptian mythology, a beautiful bird which lived in the Arabian desert for five or six hundred years and then consumed itself in fire, rising renewed from the ashes to start another long life; it is used as a symbol of immortality."
Tracks 1-3: Side 1
Tracks 4-6: Side 2
Tracks 7-9: Side 3
Tracks 10-12: Side 4
Adderley's next-to-last recording (cut just four months before he died of a stroke at age 46) was ironically a retrospective of his career. While his then-current group (with cornetist Nat Adderley, keyboardist Mike Wolff, bassist Walter Booker, and drummer Roy McCurdy) was featured on half of this two-LP set (highlighted by "Stars Fell on Alabama," "74 Miles Away," and a medley of "Walk Tall" and "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"), on the remainder of this two-fer the Adderleys welcome back several alumni (keyboardist George Duke, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Louis Hayes) for new versions of "High Fly," "Work Song," "Sack O'Woe," "Jive Samba," "This Here," and "The Sidewalks of New York." A recommended set with plenty of excellent music, it serves as a fine overview of Cannonball Adderley's career.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Cannonball Adderley
Active Decades: '50s, '60s and '70s
Born: Sep 15, 1928 in Tampa, FL
Died: Aug 08, 1975 in Gary, IN
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop
One of the great alto saxophonists, Cannonball Adderley had an exuberant and happy sound (as opposed to many of the more serious stylists of his generation) that communicated immediately to listeners. His intelligent presentation of his music (often explaining what he and his musicians were going to play) helped make him one of the most popular of all jazzmen.
Adderley already had an established career as a high school band director in Florida when, during a 1955 visit to New York, he was persuaded to sit in with Oscar Pettiford's group at the Cafe Bohemia. His playing created such a sensation that he was soon signed to Savoy and persuaded to play jazz full-time in New York. With his younger brother, cornetist Nat, Cannonball formed a quintet that struggled until its breakup in 1957. Adderley then joined Miles Davis, forming part of his super sextet with John Coltrane and participating on such classic recordings as Milestones and Kind of Blue. Adderley's second attempt to form a quintet with his brother was much more successful for, in 1959, with pianist Bobby Timmons, he had a hit recording of "This Here." From then on, Cannonball always was able to work steadily with his band.
During its Riverside years (1959-1963), the Adderley Quintet primarily played soulful renditions of hard bop and Cannonball really excelled in the straight-ahead settings. During 1962-1963, Yusef Lateef made the group a sextet and pianist Joe Zawinul was an important new member. The collapse of Riverside resulted in Adderley signing with Capitol and his recordings became gradually more commercial. Charles Lloyd was in Lateef's place for a year (with less success) and then with his departure the group went back to being a quintet. Zawinul's 1966 composition "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" was a huge hit for the group, Adderley started doubling on soprano, and the quintet's later recordings emphasized long melody statements, funky rhythms, and electronics. However, during his last year, Cannonball Adderley was revisiting the past a bit and on Phenix he recorded new versions of many of his earlier numbers. But before he could evolve his music any further, Cannonball Adderley died suddenly from a stroke.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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