Monday, September 26, 2016

Cannonball Adderley






































Artist:  Cannonball Adderley
Birth Name:  Julian Edwin Adderley
Born:  September 15, 1928.  Tampa, Florida, USA
Died:  August 8, 1975 (Aged 46).  Gary, Indiana, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Modal Jazz, Jazz Rock, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Teacher, Saxophonist
Instruments: Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

Cannonball Adderley was an American Jazz Saxophonist of the Hard Bop Era of the 1950s and 1960s.  He worked with Miles Davis on album King Of Blue (1959).  In 1966, his single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" a crossover hit on the Pop Charts.  He was with his brother Nat Adderley, a long time member of his band.














Title:  Somethin' Else (RVG Edition)  (1999)
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Modal Jazz, Jazz Rock, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Autumn Leaves  (11:00)
 2.  Love For Sale  (7:05)
 3.  Somethin' Else  (8:14)
 4.  One For Daddy-O  (8:25)
 5.  Dancing In The Dark  (4:07)
 6.  Bangoon  (5:09)

Personnel:

Cannonball Adderley:  Alto Saxophone
Miles Davis:  Trumpet
Hank Jones:  Piano
Sam Jones:  Bass
Art Blakey:  Drums

Somethin' Else is a Jazz album by Cannonball Adderley, original released on Blue Note Records in 1958 and remastered and reissued on March 9, 1999 by Blue Note Record (RVG Edition), featuring Miles Davis on Trumpet, Art Blakey on Drums.  The Penguin Guide To Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested 
"Core Collection".



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