Comments on: Jazz Collector’s Essential Cannonball Adderley

By: maarten kools

maarten kools — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:20:07 +0000

..by the way, for the ‘mercury/emarcy’ period, i would go for :
1) “i..in the land of hifi”

and the beautifull album-cover gives you that glowing fifties collor-feeling..also beautifull recorded

2) Quintet in Chicago ..as Miles must have thought too, coltrane and Adderley are perfect together..
because there difference in type of emotion..

By: David

David — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:28:03 +0000

Great list! I would also add Mercy Mercy Mercy. The band on that album (Nat, Joe Zawinul, Victor Gaskin, Roy McCurdy) is very tight, and it swings harder than just about any other hard bop album from that era, and the tunes are all quite strong as well.

By: Al

Al — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:12:21 +0000

Also, I am planning to do this as a running series, and I’ve got a few other interesting features planned as well. Just need time.

By: Al

Al — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:11:29 +0000

I think the Cannonball/Nancy Wilson LP was once voted the best jazz vocal album of all time (not that I agree with that). I think I wrote about it once. I’ll look in the archives or in my files.

By: blipp

blipp — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:22:46 +0000

Thanks for the great recommendations… I’d love to see “Jazz Collector’s Essentials” becoming a running series here.

As far as his Capitol years go, I’m a big fan of the “Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley” record. It’s one of my favourite vocal jazz recordings (even though half the album is instrumental!)

By: maarten kools

maarten kools — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:30:39 +0000

what i also like about Cannonball is the humerous dead-pan like jokes he make’s during live gigs.He seems realy nice.
that speaks thrue his music too, often optemistic but utterly swinging.He realy made me listen to Jazz.

1)The Cannonball Adderley Quimtet PLUS (arriving soon and new dehli, a cookin’ Well you needn’t!) a groovy hard-bop album, could be Blue Note. A shame he only made one record for them.

2)Somethin’ Else

3)Cannonball Adderley with Milt Jackson-things are getting better

4)The cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Fransisco

5)Nippon Soul
and indeed hail to his ‘sidemen’ Nat, sam jones ,louis hayes, vic feldman