Search results for "Nat Adderley"

Nat Adderley: Blues for Bohemia (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 01, 09

Introducing Nat Adderley, though a worthy occurrence in its own right, accomplished more than what its title decreed....

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Cannonball Adderley: A Little Taste (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music March 25, 09

A mid-tempo cooker, "A Little Taste" commences with a mellow tone and underneath grey skies. Sounding like it was re...

Cannonball Adderley: Bohemia After Dark (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music March 25, 09

Cannonball Adderley's "Bohemia After Dark" is one snazzy tune. Free-flowing in its conception, the track kicks off a...

Cannonball Adderley: Caribbean Cutie (Rating: 74/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

The melody of "Caribbean Cutie" is lilting, but after it plays out, the structure of the cut is too conventional to s...

Cannonball Adderley: Chasm (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 25, 09

Chasms are defined as wide open spaces, but Cannonball Adderley's "Chasm" is filled with vibrancy and sound. The tun...

Cannonball Adderley: Fiddler on the Roof (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

An album of Broadway hits could easily become a lackluster commercial concession, but Adderley’s Fiddler on the Roof ...

Cannonball Adderley: With Apologies To Oscar (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 25, 09

"With Apologies to Oscar" is not the most precisely performed track on Cannonball Adderley's Spontaneous Combustion, ...

Cannonball Adderley: Spontaneous Combustion (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

Regardless of its conventionalism, Cannonball Adderley's "Spontaneous Combustion" is a treble-toned display of his ea...

Cannonball Adderley: This Here (Dis Here) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

At the beginning of this live performance at San Francisco’s Jazz Workshop, Cannonball Adderley introduces pianist Bo...

Cannonball Adderley: Still Talkin' To Ya (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 25, 09

Cannonball Adderley's "Still Talkin' To Ya" can be considered an authentic blues tune. Its slow burn utilizes the st...

Cannonball Adderley: Azule Serape (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

This crystal-clear live recording from the long-running West Coast Lighthouse club puts the listener up close to the ...

Cannonball Adderley: Sticks (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 03, 09

Amazingly, this was the only song Julian "Cannonball" Adderley composed on this groundbreaking album. This song does...

Cannonball Adderley: Hippodelphia (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music April 03, 09

What can be said about Cannonball Adderley? Many things, his larger than life tone, his ability to play rapid solos...

Cannonball Adderley: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

During a 1964 Playboy panel discussion, Cannonball Adderley contemplated jazz's economic predicament. "There is an au...

Cannonball Adderley: Hummin' (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

Consider this track a reflection of tumultuous times. Performed with ashes still smoldering from the inhumanity and v...

J.J. Johnson: Misterioso (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 03, 09

The Trombone Master is a fitting title for a record by J.J. Johnson, who has yet to be succeeded as the indubitable k...

Sonny Rollins: Grand Street (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 06, 08

Sonny Rollins had been recording steadily for 9½ years, but this was his first big band date. Of course, Sonny always...

Cannonball Adderley: Waltz For Debby (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 18, 09

The transitional Know What I Mean? is too often overlooked when assessing the résumés of Cannonball Adderley and his ...

Cannonball Adderley: One For Daddy-O (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 16, 09

Flying down a freeway of clear skies and very little traffic, all systems are set to "go" as the sax revs the engine ...

Adderley, Nat (Nathaniel) posted in Encyclopedia August 21, 08

Trumpeter and composer Nat Adderley had a surprising range as a performer, producing a growling tone at low G in one ...

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