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Them Dirty Blues
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724349544727
Label: Blue Note Records
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
MPN: 95447
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Blue Note Records
Release Date: June 06, 2000
Studio: Blue Note Records
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Editorial Review:
It goes without saying that Julian "Cannonball" Adderley was one of the best blues players in jazz. Just ask his ex-boss Miles Davis. This 1960 date features the musician with his brother, cornetist Nat, bassist Sam Jones, drummer Louis Hayes, and either Bobby Timmons or Barry Harris on piano. Simply put, this is a textbook on how to swing the blues, whether on ballads such as "Easy Living" and George Gershwin's "Soon," or on the dancing hard bop number, "Work Song," Timmons's gospel-tinged "Dat Dere" and Duke Pearson's melodic classic, "Jeannine." Cannonball's sax lines combine the best of Benny Carter and Charlie Parker, contrasted by his brother's in-the-pocket cornet solos. The title track reveals the down-home roots of this Florida-born musician, who always carried the South in him. --Eugene Holley Jr.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Quintet in the studio
Most of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet's best-known recordings were recorded live, or pretended to be. This, the Quintet's 2nd album, is an exception. As a result, it doesn't match the hot intensity of their best live recordings. That said, it has its own charms.
It took a while for the group to settle on a pianist - Bobby Timmons lasted for only one-and-a-half albums, and is replaced by bebop specialist Barry Harris on four tracks.
The album is best known for Nat Adderley's ... Read More
Rating: - Cannonball stands alone
I'm a musician from Florida, been playing since before this album was new. The Adderley brothers, graduates of the great music program at Florida A&M University, have a reputation in their home state that resonates to this day.
Cannonball demonstrates here that a 12-bar blues gives you all you need to play brilliant stuff. I think every rock guitar hero and wannabe should have to go back to the woodshed until they can play at least four of Cannon's choruses from this album, note for note. That ... Read More
Rating: - Prime material, prime performances
All the feeling of a live gig is conveyed in this 1960 studio recording, thanks to expressive performances by the whole quintet. You'd be hard pressed to find a better jazz CD at this price (at this writing, $7.97).
There's never been any doubt about Cannonball's mastery of the blues, ably demonstrated here on the title track and on "Dat Dere." But he could also swing ("Del Sasser" and "Soon") and brilliantly interpret ballads ("Easy Living" will be his most memorable performance of this set for many ... Read More
Rating: - Hard bop at its best
I've owned the LP of this album since I was a kid, and it's always been one of my favorites - great arrangements, and an incredible band. It's great to have the CD now, so I can save wear and tear on the LP.
Rating: - Cannonball's best hard bop..
This is cannonball's best hard bop album slightly edging out his riverside debut "portrait of cannonball" which featured blue mitchell on trumpet. Here it is cannonball's brother nat in his typical place in the band at cornet and playing extremly well as usual. The album starts out with a snappy version of nat's "work song" with 6 other blues drenched songs. An exellent version of Bobby timmons classic "dat dere" and the superb title song. This is cannonball at his best with a solid support cast top to bottom. ... Read More
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