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Sonny Rollins: Sonny Meets Hawk

In October 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Sonny Meets Hawk!”, album by Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins (the 23rd Sonny Rollins album overall). It was recorded in July 1963, at “RCA Victor Studios” in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • Paul Bley – piano
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass
  • Henry Grimes – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums
  • George Avakian – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
  2. All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  3. Summertime – DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  4. Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
  5. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) – Jimmy Davis, Roger “Ram” Ramirez, James Sherman
  6. At McKies’ – Sonny Rollins

Cannonball Adderley: Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra

In August 1970, “Capitol” label released “The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra”, the 46th Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded in June 1970, in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Joe Zawinul – piano, electric piano
  • Walter Booker – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums
  • William S. Fischer – conductor
  • Lalo Schifrin – conductor
  • Unidentified orchestra

Track listing:

  1. Experience in E – Joe Zawinul, William Fischer
  2. Tensity – David Axelrod
  3. Dialogues for Jazz Quintet and Orchestra – Lalo Schifrin

Nancy Wilson: Turned To Blue

On August 22, 2006, “MCG Jazz” label released “Turned to Blue”, the fifty-second and final Nancy Wilson studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild” in Pittsburgh, “Conway Studios” in Los Angeles, “Somy Music Studios” in New York City, “Audible Images Recording” in Port Matilda, and was produced by Marty Ashby and Jay Ashby. At the 49th “Annual Grammy Awards”, “Turned to Blue” won “Best Jazz Vocal Album” award.

Personnel:

  • Nancy Wilson – vocal
  • Marty Ashby – acoustic guitar, guitar, arrangements, executive producer
  • Alon Yavnai – piano
  • Liew Matthews – piano
  • Billy Taylor – piano
  • Vito DiSalvo – accordion
  • John Clayton – bass
  • Kip Reed – bass
  • Nilson Matta – bass
  • Rufus Reid – bass
  • Jamey Haddad – drums, percussion
  • Roy McCurdy – drums
  • Terry Clarke – drums
  • Winard Harper – drums
  • Portihno (Telmo Porto) – drums, percussion
  • Andy Narrel – steelplan
  • Mike Tomaro – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Tia Fuller – alto saxophone
  • Andy Snitzer – tenor saxophone
  • Eric DeFade – tenor saxophone
  • Jim German – baritone saxophone
  • Jack Schantz – trumpet
  • Jim Hynes – trumpet
  • Steve Hawk – trumpet
  • Sean Jones – trumpet
  • Jay Ashby – trombone, percussion, marimba, backing vocals, arrangements, mixing, mastering
  • Bob Matchett – trombone
  • Ed Kocher – trombone
  • Michael Davis – trombone
  • Daglas Purviance – bass trombone
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Jennifer Cunner – flute
  • Jeremy Black – violin
  • Kate Black – violin
  • Kate Hatmaker – violin
  • Stephanie Tertick – violin
  • Rosemary Harris – viola
  • Mikhail Istomin – cello
  • Dr. John H. Wilson – arrangements
  • Liew Matthews – arrangements
  • Jay Dudt – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Pablo Array – recording
  • Seth Waldmann – recording
  • Todd Whitelock – recording
  • David Stoller – recording
  • Jeff O.Brien Myers – cover art, layout, design
  • Leroy Hamilton – photography (Candid)
  • Charles Bush – photography (Nancy Wilson)
  • Renée Govanucci – associate producer

Track listing:

  1. This is All I Ask – Gordon Jenkins
  2. Take Love Easy – Duke Ellington, John LaTouche
  3. Turned to Blue – Jay Ashby, Maya Angelou
  4. Knitting Class – K. Lawrence Dunham, Bruce Rohde
  5. Be My Love – Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn
  6. Taking a Chance on Love – Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John LaTouche
  7. Just Once – Barry Man, Cynthia Weil
  8. These Golden Years – D. Channsin Berry, John Proulx
  9. I Don’t remember Ever Growing Up – Artie Butler
  10. Old Folks – Dedette Lee Hill, Wilard Robinson
  11. I’ll Be Seeing You – Sammy Fain, Irving Khal

Cannonball Adderley: Money In The Pocket

On August 16, 2005, “Capitol” label released “Money in the Pocket”, album by Cannonball Adderley. It was recorded in March 1966, at “The Club” in Chicago, and was produced by Tom Morgan and Michael Cuscuna.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Joe Zawinul – piano
  • Herbie Lewis – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums

Track listing:

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

  1. Money in the Pocket – Joe Zawinul
  2. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  3. Introduction to a Samba
  4. Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya – Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Nat Adderley
  5. Requiem for a Jazz Musician – Joe Zawinul
  6. Cannon’s Theme (aka Unit 7) – Sam Jones
  7. The Sticks
  8. Fiddler on the Roof – Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick

Cannonbal Adderley: Domination

In June 1965, “Capitol” label released “Domination”, the 33rd Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded April – May 1970, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Marshal Royal, Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute 
  • Bob Ashton – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
  • Nat Adderley – cornet, trumpet
  • Jimmy Maxwell, Jimmy Nottingham, Clark Terry, Snooky Young – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland, Willie Dennis, Jay Jay Johnson – trombone
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Joe Zawinul – piano, electric piano
  • Richard Davis, Sam Jones, Walter Booker – bass
  • Grady Tate, Louis Hayes, Roy McCurdy – drums
  • Unidentified percussion
  • Unidentified 42-piece orchestra
  • Oliver Nelson, William Fischer – conductor, arrangements

Track listing:

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

  1. Domination
  2. Cyclops – Nat Adderley
  3. Introduction to a Samba
  4. Shake a Lady – Ray Bryant
  5. Interlude – Jay Jay Johnson
  6. Mystified (aka Angel Face) – Joe Zawinul
  7. I Worship You – Cole Porter
  8. Gon Gong – Victor Feldman
  9. Experience in E – William Fischer, Joe Zawinul

Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Why Am I Treated So Bad!

In May 1967, “Capitol” label released “Why Am I Treated So Bad!”, the 39th Cannonball Adderley (credited to Cannonball Adderley Quintet) album. It was recorded in March 1967, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Julian “Cannonball” Adderley – alto sax
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Joe Zawinul – piano
  • Victor Gaskin – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums
  • Ed Simpson – photography

Track listing:

  1. Introduction
  2. Mini Mama – Curtis Fuller
  3. I’m on My Way – Nat Adderley Jr.
  4. Why Am I Treated So Bad – Roebuck Staples
  5. One for Newk – Joe Zawinul
  6. Yvette – Joe Zawinul
  7. The Other Side – Nat Adderley
  8. The Scene – Joe Zawinul

Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley: Great Love Themes

In May 1966, “Capitol” label released “Great Love Themes”, the 35th Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley album. It was recorded in April 1966, in New York City, and was produced by Tom Morgan.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Joe Zawinul – piano
  • Herbie Lewis – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums
  • Unidentified strings
  • Ray Ellis – conductor, arranger

Track listing:

  1. Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein
  2. The Song Is You – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  3. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer
  4. I Concentrate on You – Cole Porter
  5. This Can´t Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  6. Stella By Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
  7. Morning of the Carnival (Manhã de Carnaval) – Luis Bonfá, Antônio Maria
  8. The End of a Love Affair – Edward C. Redding
  9. So In Love – Cole Porter

Cannonball Adderley: Love, Sex And The Zodiac

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

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

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

Cannonbal Adderley: 74 Miles Away

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