Cannonball Adderley "Jeannine" (1960)

"Them Dirty Blues", is a completely apt and highly descriptive title for this second album by Adderley's sensational quintet. For the soulful spirit of the blues—the real, low, wonderfully emotion-stirring, and downright dirty blues that has always been and always will be the bedrock of jazz—is the basic message of this group. Which is certainly one important reason for the breathtaking surge of popular approval that carried the band, within a few short months after its formation in mid-1959, to a position well up in the front ranks of current jazz.

The principal guiding force here is of course Julian Adderley—"Cannonball"—the Florida-born alto sax star who, until he launched this quintet, had probably been best known through his year and a half as a featured member of the Miles Davis Sextet. Cannonball, in addition to his truly awesome ability as a jazz improvisor, possesses one of the most naturally warm, articulate, and appealing personalities in or out of music. It can be heard in his playing and is, I think, one key to his vast success. (And it has also caused him to become a truly daring innovator among band-leaders: one who in his club appearances, actually talks to the audience, lets them know what is going on, makes them feel welcome, and makes them like him!)

The fact that Cannonball and the other horn in the group mesh together so wonderfully well cannot be credited entirely to the fact that he and Nat Adderley are brothers (as I'm sure lots of people with brothers will grant). It is rather that they also happen to be soul-brothers, with a musical togetherness that is partly instinctive and partly acquired through long mutual playing and living experience.


Personnel:

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley -- alto sax
Nat Adderley -- cornet
Bobby Timmons -- piano
Barry Harris -- piano
Sam Jones -- bass
Louis Hayes -- drums

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[sinhog]

One of the tastiest Jazz tunes ,,,, EVER !!

[scomdnz9]

a great tune for great bass lines.

[briancanderson1]

Everybodu hop to the be bop.

[Kniterider1106]

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[ImaniHekima]

Grooves from start to finish...

[ImaniHekima]

Must have been great to walk into a club and hear a band like this playing live.

[Adude1283]

I have a king super 20 (cannonball's choice of horn) and its amazing. I love that saxophone

[freddo1939]

I really can`t believe so many people in Britain havn`t heard of Cannonball.........it really doesn`t getbetter than this.

[Schnurrmensch]

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[abehammy]

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[boomerang905]

Wonderful, uplifting, timeless. I am loving this!

[saxybarney]

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Does'nt it swing, makes you tap your feet, great !!!