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Cannonball Adderley: Love, Sex And The Zodiac

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In April 1974, “Fantasy” label released “Love, Sex, and the Zodiac”, the 47th Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded in 1970, in Berkeley, California, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Hal Galper – electric piano
  • George Duke – clavinet, ARP synthesizer
  • Jimmy Jones – piano
  • Walter Booker – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums
  • Rick Holmes – narration

Track listing:

  1. Introduction – Hal Galper
  2. Aries: Damn Right – George Duke
  3. Taurus: Wampus Cat – Walter Booker
  4. Gemini: Ecstasy – Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Jimmy Jones
  5. Cancer: All Sides – Nat Adderley
  6. Leo: Rosebud – Hal Galper
  7. Virgo: For Pam – Hal Galper
  8. Libra: Patricia – Roy McCurdy
  9. Scorpio: Back “A” Town – Nat Adderley
  10. Sagittarius: West Texas – Nat Adderley
  11. Capricorn: The Gentle – Nat Adderley
  12. Aquarius: Humanity Plus – Julian “Cannoball” Adderley, Nat Adderley
  13. Pisces: Allison’s Trip – Nat Adderley

Louis Smith: Here Comes Louis Smith

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In April 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Here Comes Louis Smith”, the debut Louis Smith studio album. It was recorded in February 1958, at “Audio Sonic Sound” in Brill Building, New York City, and was produced by Tom Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Louis Smith – trumpet
  • Buckshot La Funke (Cannonball Adderley) – alto saxophone
  • Duke Jordan – piano
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Louis Smith, except where noted.

  1. Tribute to Brownie – Duke Pearson
  2. Brill’s Blues
  3. Ande
  4. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael
  5. South Side
  6. Val’s Blues

Miles Davis: Porgy And Bess

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On March 9, 1959, “Columbia” label released “Porgy and Bess”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded July – August 1958, at “Columbia 30th Street” in New York City, and was produced by Cal Lampley.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci – trumpet
  • Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett – trombone
  • Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller – horn
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Phil Bodner, Jerome Richardson, Romeo Penque – flute, alto flute, clarinet
  • Danny Bank – alto flute, bass flute, bass clarinet
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Gil Evans – arrangements, conductor
  • Frank Laico – recording
  • Roy DeCarava – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by George Gershwin, except where noted.

  1. Buzzard Song
  2. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
  3. Gone – Gil Evans
  4. Gone, Gone, Gone
  5. Summertime
  6. Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess
  7. Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)
  8. Fisherman, Strawberry and Devil Crab
  9. My Man’s Gone Now
  10. It Ain’t Necessarily So
  11. Here Come de Honey Man
  12. I Wants to Stay Here (a.k.a. I Loves You, Porgy)
  13. There’s a Boat That’s Leaving Soon for New York

Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley: Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley

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In February 1962, “Capitol” label released “Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley”, album  by Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley. It was recorded June – August 1961, and was produced by Andy Wiswell and Tom “Tippy” Morgan.

Personnel:

  • Nancy Wilson – vocals
  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Joe Zawinul – piano
  • Sam Jones – double bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Ren Grevatt – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Save Your Love for Me – Buddy Johnson
  2. Teaneck – Nat Adderley
  3. Never Will I Marry – Frank Loesser
  4. Iy Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
  5. The Old Country – Nat Adderly, Curtsi Lewis
  6. One Man’s Dream – Joe Zawinul, Charles Wright
  7. Happy Talk – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  8. Never Say Yes – Nat Adderley
  9. The Masquerade Is Over – Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel
  10. Unit 7 – Sam Jones 
  11. A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote

Cannonball Adderley: Things Are Getting Better

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In February 1959, “Riverside” label released “Things Are Getting Better”, the 11th Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded in October 1958, at “Reeves Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Orin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Milt Jackson – vibes
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Jack Higgins – engineer
  • Harris Levine – design
  • Paul Bacon – design
  • Ken Braren – design
  • Charles Stewart – cover photography
  • Lawrence N. Shustak – liner photography
  • Orin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

 All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, except where noted.

  1. Blues Oriental – Milt Jackson
  2. Things Are Getting Better
  3. Serves Me Right (Take 5) – Buddy Johnson
  4. Groovin’ High – Dizzy Gillespie
  5. The Sidewalks of New York (Take 5) – James W. Blake, Charles B. Lawlor
  6. Sounds for Sid
  7. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter

Cannanball Adderley Quintet: The Price You Got To Pay To Be Free

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In December 1970, “Capitol” label released “The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free”, album by Cannonball Adderley Quintet album (the 49th Cannonball Adderley album overall). Live material was recorded in September 1970, at the 1970 “Monterey Jazz Festival”, and studio material was recorded in October 1970, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – vocals, soprano and alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – vocals, cornet
  • Nat Adderley Jr. – vocals, piano, electric piano, guitar
  • Joe Zawinul – piano, electric piano, ring modulator
  • Walter Booker – bass
  • Bob West – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley except where noted.

  1. Soul Virgo – George Duke, Mike Deasy, Rick Holmes
  2. Rumplestiltskin – Joe Zawinul
  3. Inquisition – Nat Adderley
  4. Devastatement – Nat Adderley
  5. Pra Dizer Adeus (To Say Goodbye) – Edú Lobo, Torquato Neto, Lani Hall
  6. The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free – Nat Adderley Jr.
  7. Sometime Ago – Sergio Mihanovich
  8. Exquisition – Nat Adderley
  9. Painted Desert – Joe Zawinul
  10. Directions – Joe Zawinul
  11. Down in Black Bottom – Nat Adderley
  12. 1-2-3-Go-O-O-O! – Joe Zawinul, Roy McCurdy, Walter Booker, Nat Adderley
  13. Lonesome Stranger – Nat Adderley
  14. Get Up Off Your Knees
  15. Wild-Cat Pee
  16. Alto Sex
  17. Bridges – Milton Nascimento, Fernando Brant, Gene Lees
  18. Out and In
  19. Together – Nat Adderley Jr.
  20. The Scene – Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul

Les McCann: Soul Hits

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In December 1963, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Soul Hits”, the 15th Les McCann album. It was recorded in October 1963, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Richard Bock.,

Personnel:

  • Les McCann – piano
  • Joe Pass – guitar
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Paul Humphrey – drums
  • Richard Bock – engineer, sleeve notes
  • Woody Woodward – design, photography

Track listing:

  1. Back at the Chicken Shack – Jimmy Smith
  2. Sack O’ Woe – Cannonball Adderley
  3. Groove Yard – Carl Perkins
  4. Sermonette – Nat Adderley
  5. Sonnymoon for Two – Sonny Rollins
  6. Bags’ Groove – Milt Jackson
  7. Shiny Silk Stockings – Frank Foster
  8. Sister Sadie – Horace Silver
  9. Li’l Darlin’ – Neal Hefti
  10. Work Song – Nat Adderley

Cannonbal Adderley: 74 Miles Away

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In November 1967, “Capitol” label released “74 Miles Away”, album by Cannonbal Adderley Quintet (38th Cannonball Adderley album overall). It was recorded June – July 1967, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – vocal, cornet
  • Joe Zawinul – keyboards
  • Victor Gaskin – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Do Do Do (What Now Is Next) – Nat Adderley, Gail Fisher
  2. I Remember Bird – Leonard Feather
  3. Walk Tall (Baby, That’s What I Need) – Queen Esther Marrow, Jim Rein, Joe Zawinul
  4. 74 Miles Away – Joe Zawinul
  5. Oh Babe – Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Nat Adderley

Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Plus

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In November 1961, “Riverside” label released “Plus”, the 21st Cannonball Adderley album (credited to Cannonball Adderley Quintet). It was recorded in May 1961, at “Plaza Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Victor Feldman – piano, vibes
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Ken Deardoff – design
  • Don Bronstein – cover photography
  • Steve Schapiro – photography
  • Ed Sherman – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Arriving Soon – Eddie Vinson
  2. Well, You Needn’t – Thelonious Monk
  3. New Delhi – Victor Feldman
  4. Winetone – Wynton Kelly
  5. Star Eyes – Gene de Paul, Don Raye
  6. Lisa (take 8) – Victor Feldman, Phil Zito

Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley: Blue Spring

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In June 1959, “Riverside” label released ”Blue Spring”, album by Kenny Dorham and Cannonball Adderley. It was recorded January – February 1959, in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • David Amram – French horn
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums 
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Kenny Dorham except where noted.

  1. Blue Spring
  2. It Might as Well Be Spring – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
  3. Poetic Spring
  4. Spring Is Here – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  5. Spring Cannon
  6. Passion Spring