Sunday, October 1, 2017

Cannonball Adderley/John Coltrane Quintet






































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.














Artist:  Cannonball Adderley/John Coltrane 
Title:  In Chicago/Cannonball Takes Charge  (2010)
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Modal Jazz, Jazz Rock, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Label:   Poll Winners Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Quintet In Chicago:

 1.  Limehouse Blues  (4:40)
 2.  Stars Fell On Alabama  (6:15)
 3.  Wabash  (5:47)
 4.  Grand Central  (4:33)
 5.  You're A Weaver Of Dreams  (5:35)
 6.  The Sleeper  (7:13)

Cannonball Takes Charge:

 7.  If This Isn't Love   (5:32)
 8.  I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry  (5:35)
 9.  Serenata  (4:16)
10. I've Told Every Little Star  (3:39)
11. Barefoot Sunday Blues  (7:03)
12. Poor Butterfly  (5:11)
13. I Remember You  (6:53)

Personnel:

Quintet In Chicago (1959):

Cannonball Adderley: Alto Saxophone
John Coltrane:  Tenor Saxophone
Wynton Kelly:  Piano
Paul Chambers:  Bass
Jimmy Cobb:  Drums

Bonus Album:

Cannonball Takes Charge (1959):

Cannonball Adderley:  Alto Saxophone
Wynton Kelly:  Piano
Paul Chambers:  Bass on Tracks:  1-4
Jimmy Cobb:  Drums on Tracks:  1-4
Percy Heath:  Bass on Tracks:  5-9
Albert Heath:  Drums on Tracks:  5-9

In Chicago/Cannonball Takes Charge is the 2 LP on 1 CD album.   The Original classic album Quintet In Chicago, which received a 5-star rating in Down Beat Magazine, originally released in 1959 by Mercury Records, included a Bonus Album Cannonball Takes Charge, originally released in 1959 by Riverside Records by Cannonball Adderley, remastered and reissued on March 1, 2010 by Poll Winners Records, featuring John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, Percy Heath and Albert Heath.


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