Cannonball Adderley - Bordeaux (1969) (mp3, 256kbps)

When you compare this pristine FM bootleg to my earlier Cannonball post, it's hard to believe that the music was all performed in the same year! That was the genius of this underrated musician and band leader. On this recording, the same five piece band sounds so much more kie the Cannonball Adderley who appeared on the landmark Miles Davis record 'Kind Of Blue', rather than the smoldering boogie-woogie of The Country Preacher. Zawinul does evetually make his way to the Fender Rhodes, but the mood has already been set.

Enjoy this more 'classic' sounding jazz from a great innovator who, even at the moment he played this concert, stood at the crossroads of what had been jazz and what jazz would become.

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Cannonball Adderley
Recorded Friday, March 14, 1969

Bordeaux, France

ORTF Radio Recording

Personnel: Nat Adderley (cornet); Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (alto sax); Joe Zawinul (keyboards); Victor Gaskin (bass); Roy McCurdy (drums).

1. The Scavenger [9:00] Joe Zawinul
2. Manha de Carnival [7:20] Luis Bonfa/ C.Jobim
3. Work Song [9:05] Nat Adderley
4. Somewhere [4:50] Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim
5. Experience in E [11:10] Joe Zawinul & William Fischer
6. Why Am I Treated So Bad? [7:30] Roebuck Staples
7. Blue N' Boogie [8:30] John "Dizzy" Gillespie & Frank Paparelli

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Cannonball Adderly Quintet - Country Preacher (1969) (mp3, 320kbps)

I picked this up on vinyl several years ago, not knowing what to expect. I think this was even before I got into Weather Report and Zawinul, who is all over this record. Listening to this again after a little while, I realize how good the whole thing is. Zawinul, of course, is huge and taking up a lot of space with that Fender Rhodes. But the horns come through with an inspired strength of their own. This music sounds like it is being played about 3-5 years before the rest of the world is ready for it.

1. Introduction by The Reverend Jesse Jackson - Walk Tall (5:30)
2. Country Preacher (4:30)
3. Hummin' (6:32)
4. Oh Babe (4:50)
5. Afro-Spanish Omlet (15:40)
6. The Scene (2:01)

Cannonball Adderly (alto sax)

Nat Adderly (coronet)

Joe Zawinul (piano)

Walter Booker (bass)

Roy MacCurdy (drums)

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