The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco

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The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco cover
Live album by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Released 1959
Recorded Oct 18 – Oct 20, 1959
Genre Jazz
Length 59:58
Label Riverside
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Professional reviews
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet chronology
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(1959)		 The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco
(1959)		 Them Dirty Blues
(1960)

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco is a 1959 album by jazz band The Cannonball Adderley Quintet. The groundbreaking album launched "soul jazz", according to NPR bridging "the gap between bebop and funk".[1][2] Producer and jazz critic Orrin Keepnews described the album as "the birth of contemporary live recording".[1] In May 1960, Time noted that the album's then 50,000 copies sold was "phenomenal for a jazz record", raising the album to the bestseller charts.[3] American jazz commenter Scott Yanow describes the album as a "gem [...] essential for all jazz collections."[4]

Originally released by Riverside Records, the album has been reissued on CD several times since 1991 by Riverside and OJC. Several remastered editions released by Riverside and JVC Victor have included various bonus tracks.

Contents

[edit] Background

The album was recorded at the Jazz Workshop in San Francisco before an appreciative standing room only crowd.[5] The album broke new ground as a live recording taped in noisy club environments,[5] creating a formula which not only the Cannonball Quintet but other jazz ensembles would follow.[6] Producer Keepnews reflected that it "was such a phenomenal success that not only did I do a lot of such recordings afterwards, but I think that virtually all jazz producers felt that it was a good thing to do".[1] Also unusual for the time was Keepnews' decision to retain Adderley's comments to the crowd.[7]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "This Here" (Bobby Timmons) – 12:22[8]
  2. "Spontaneous Combustion" (Cannonball Adderley) – 11:49
  3. "Hi-Fly" (Randy Weston) – 11:03
  4. "You Got It!" (Adderley) – 5:05
  5. "Bohemia After Dark" (Oscar Pettiford) – 8:01

[edit] Bonus tracks

Remastered versions of the album include extended cuts of several of the songs on the original, including the retitled "(A Few Words by Cannonball...And) This Here".[9][10]

Remastered versions also include some of the following:

  1. "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonius Monk) – 11:38 (2000 Bonus Track; 2007 Bonus Tracks)
  2. "This Here (alternate take)" (Timmons) – 11:37 (2007 Bonus Tracks)
  3. "You Got It! (alternate take)" (Adderley) – 6:11 (2007 Bonus Tracks)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Sidran, Ben. Jazz Profiles from NPR: Nat Adderley (1931-2000) NPR. Accessed December 13, 2007.
  2. ^ See also Herrmann, Zachary. (April 2, 2007) Concord releases Orrin Keepnews Collection JazzTimes Magazine. Accessed December 13, 2007.
  3. ^ Time staff. (May 30, 1960) Cannonball. Time in partnership with CNN. Accessed December 13, 2007.
  4. ^ The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco at Allmusic
  5. ^ a b Rickert, David. (June 13, 2007) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco. All About Jazz. Accessed December 13, 2007.
  6. ^ Chell, Samuel (2007-06-16). The Cannonball Adderley Quintet In San Francisco. All About Jazz. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  7. ^ Dryden, Ken (2007-08-05). Louis Hayes: Maximum Firepower and The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco. All About Jazz. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  8. ^ Original track listing source Billboard. The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco billboard.com. Accessed December 13, 2007.
  9. ^ Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (Remastered Bonus Track) at Allmusic
  10. ^ Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (Remastered Bonus Tracks) at Allmusic