Cannonball Adderley - African Waltz (1961) (OJC 20-bit rem) (eac-log-cover)

Cannonball Adderley - African Waltz (1961)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 240MB

OJC 20-bit remastered

AMG:
The music on this CD reissue is better than it should be. Cannonball Adderley had a fluke hit with "African Waltz" so a full album was recorded with the hope of coming up with additional hits. These 11 selections (which include "African Waltz") feature altoist Adderley backed by an 18-piece big band with arrangements provided by Ernie Wilkins and Bob Brookmeyer. The tunes clock in between two and five minutes and leave little room for much improvising by anyone other than Cannonball, his brother Nat on cornet, and pianist Wynton Kelly. There is some strong material on the set (including "West Coast Blues," "Stockholm Sweetnin'" and a remake of "This Here") but the results are not too substantial and this was not that big a seller; it is still a reasonably enjoyable effort. [Originally released in 1963, African Waltz was remastered on CD in 1993.]

Tracks:
-01. "Something Different" (Chuck Mangione) - 3:04
-02. "West Coast Blues" (Wes Montgomery) - 4:04
-03. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Jerome Kern) - 3:02
-04. "The Uptown" (Junior Mance) - 2:15
-05. "Stockholm Sweetnin'" (Quincy Jones) - 3:41
-06. "African Waltz" (Galt MacDermot) - 2:12
-07. "Blue Brass Groove" (Nat Adderley) - 4:52
-08. "Kelly Blue" (Wynton Kelly) 3:51
-09. "Letter from Home" (Mance) - 2:00
-10. "I'll Close My Eyes" (Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid) - 3:42
-11. "This Here" (Bobby Timmons) - 3:00 Bonus track on CD
* Recorded at Plaza Sound Studio, NYC on February 28 (tracks 6 & 8), May 9 (tracks 1-3, 7, 9 & 11), and May 15, (tracks 4, 5, 10 & 12), 1961

Personnel:
* Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
* Nat Adderley, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Nick Travis - trumpet
* Jimmy Cleveland, George Matthews, Arnett Sparrow, Melba Liston - trombone
* Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone
* Paul Faulise - bass trombone
* Don Butterfield - tuba
* George Dorsey - alto saxophone, flute
* Oliver Nelson - tenor saxophone, flute
* Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
* Arthur Clarke - baritone saxophone
* Wynton Kelly - piano
* Sam Jones - bass
* Charlie Persip, Louis Hayes - drums
* Michael Olatunji - congas, bongos
* Ray Barretto - congas
* Ernie Wilkins - arranger

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