Nat Adderley - Work Song (1960) (eac-log-cover)

Nat Adderley - Work Song (1960)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 210MB

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This CD reissue brings back a near-classic by cornetist Nat Adderley. Utilizing a cornet-cello-guitar front line (with Sam Jones and Wes Montgomery) along with a top-notch rhythm section (pianist Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath, or Keter Betts on bass and drummer Louis Hayes), Adderley performs a fine early version of his greatest hit ("Work Song") and helps introduce Cannonball Adderley's "Sack O' Woe." Four songs use a smaller group with Timmons absent on "My Heart Stood Still" (which finds Keter Betts on cello and Jones on bass), "Mean to Me" featuring Nat backed by Montgomery, Betts, and Hayes, and two ballads ("I've Got a Crush on You" and "Violets for Your Furs") interpreted by the Adderley-Montgomery-Jones trio. No matter the setting, Nat Adderley is heard throughout in peak form, playing quite lyrically. Highly recommended.

Tracks:
All compositions by Nat Adderley except as indicated
1. "Work Song" - 4:15
2. "Pretty Memory" (Bobby Timmons) - 3:54
3. "I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:55
4. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 5:01
5. "Fallout" - 4:54
6. "Sack of Woe" - 4:28
7. "My Heart Stood Still" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:25
8. "Violets for Your Furs" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 3:50
9. "Scrambled Eggs" (Sam Jones) - 3:20
* Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on January 25, 1960 (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7) and January 27, 1960 (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 & 9)

Personnel:
* Nat Adderley – cornet
* Wes Montgomery - guitar
* Bobby Timmons - piano (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 9)
* Sam Jones - bass cello
* Keter Betts - bass, cello
* Percy Heath - bass
* Louis Hayes - drums

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