Cannonball Adderley - Jazz Workshop Revisited [mp3 320][h33t][schon55]

Cannonball Adderley - Jazz Workshop Revisited

Release Date: 1963

Audio CD (January 23, 2001)

Number of Discs: 1

Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered

Label: Blue Note Records

Bitrate: 320 kbps



Adderley's burning 1959 live recording In San Francisco was something of a hit for the altoist and his quintet. Fully aware of the high standards they'd set, Cannon and producer Orrin Keepnews decided to return to the Jazz Workshop three years later for another hard-swinging affair. By then, Adderley's band had been fleshed out to a sextet distinguished by the presence of a second wind player in Yusef Lateef. Joe Zawinul had settled into the piano chair a year earlier, while Adderley's cornetist brother Nat and the rhythm team of Sam Jones and Louis Hayes were all holdovers from the previous S.F. record. The exotic, ominous one-chord vamp "Primitivo" makes effective use of Lateef's evocative flute and oboe touches. Another highlight is Nat's 11-minute "Jive Samba," a bossa-nova-based groove that actually found its way onto jukeboxes in severely abridged form. Here Lateef's flute proves to be a dynamic addition to the solo procession. ~ Marc Greilsamer



I was stopped dead in my tracks the other day while I was browsing in a record store when I heard something instantly familiar from my childhood, playing over the stores sound system. It was " The Jive Samba" by the Cannonball Adderley Sextet, which I'd heard my parents play again and again, and I did once I got my little five year old fingers all over it!!! After being out of print for many years, this classic album has been released on CD. Recorded over three days of performances at San Francisco's legendary Jazz Workshop in September 1962. Adderley's band featured his brother Nat on cornet, Yusef Lateef on saxes, flute and oboe, and pianist Joe Zawinul, later of Weather Report and writer of Cannonball's biggest hit "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy". The highlights of this album include the aforementioned "Jive Samba", "Primitivo", "Unit 7", and "Mellow Buno". Even Cannonball's between song introductions are enjoyable to listen to. It's so great to see this great album available again for everyone to enjoy. ~ Jeffrey Harris



Personnel:

Cannonball Adderley (Alto Saxophone)

Nat Adderley (Cornet)

Yusef Lateef (Tenor Saxophone, Flute and Oboe)

Joe Zawinul (Piano)

Sam Jones (Double Bass)

Louis Hayes (Drums)



Cannonball Adderley - Jazz Workshop Revisited

01 Opening Comment 0:51

02 Primitivo (Cannonball Adderley) 9:11

03 Jessica Day (Quincy Jones) 6:29

04 Marney (Donald Byrd) 6:52

05 A Few Words... 0:13

06 Unit 7 (Sam Jones) 9:02

07 Another Few Words 0:26

08 The Jive Samba (Nat Adderley) 10:59

09 Lillie (Sam Jones) 4:43

10 Mellow Buno (Yusef Lateef) 6:00

11 Time To Go Now - Really! 0:36