Cannonball Adderley
And Strings (LP)
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condition (record/cover): NM / NM
Insert and obi included.
1955: a young Cannonball Adderley, newly arrived from Florida and already being hailed as the new Bird, wrapped in string arrangements for EmArcy - the classic mid-fifties showcase treatment, and the alto sails over it with that huge, joyous, blues-soaked sound that made resistance pointless from his first week in New York. Strings sessions divide collectors, often fairly; this one earns its place because Cannonball simply refuses to coast, phrasing with as much invention over the cushion as he would over a hard-driving rhythm section, treating the format as a challenge rather than a bath. The ballad readings in particular show how complete the voice already was: the warmth, the wit, the effortless authority in every register. A lovely document of the first flush of one of the most purely pleasurable careers in jazz, before the quintet years and the soul-jazz reign.
Japanese pressing, warm and quiet, exactly right for the material and the mood it builds.
| A1 | I Cover The Waterfront | ||
| A2 | A Foggy Day | ||
| A3 | The Surrey With The Fringe On Top | ||
| A4 | Two Sleepy People | ||
| A5 | I'll Never Stop Loving You | ||
| A6 | (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over | ||
| B1 | I've Never Been In Love Before | ||
| B2 | Lonely Dreams | ||
| B3 | Falling In Love With Love | ||
| B4 | Street Of Dreams | ||
| B5 | Polka Dots And Moonbeams | ||
| B6 | You Are Too Beautiful |
