Nat Adderley

NAT ADDERLEY’S BEST ALBUM EVER AS A LEADER,
FEATURING THE GREAT WES MONTGOMERY!!

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

4 STARS DOWN BEAT REVIEW: Work Song
“This album is as warm, fresh and sunny as a summer’s day in the back country. It’s earthy without being muddy, sophisticated but not phony. Recommended strongly” - (Don DeMicheal)

4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

NAT ADDERLEY, cornet & WES MONTGOMERY, guitar on all tracks, plus:

On A1, B1, & B4: Bobby Timmons (p), Sam Jones (cello), Percy Heath (b), Louis Hayes (d).
On A2: Same as above except Keter Betts (b) replaces Heath.
On A3 & B3: Sam Jones (b).
On A4: Keter Betts (b), Louis Hayes (d).
On A5: Bobby Timmons (p), Sam Jones (cello & b), Keter Betts (cello & b), Louis Hayes (d).
On B2: Keter Betts (cello), Sam Jones (b), Louis Hayes (d).
New York, January 25 (tracks A1, B1 & B4) & January 27 (tracks A2-A5 & B2-B3), 1960.

* BONUS TRACK (B5): Jon Hendricks (vc), Nat Adderley (ct), Wes Montgomery (g), Cannonball Adderley (as),
Gildo Mahones (p), Monk Montgomery (b), Walter Bolden (d). Fugazzi Hall, San Francisco, 1959.

SIDE A:
1) WORK SONG (Nat Adderley) 4:16
2) PRETTY MEMORY (Bobby Timmons) 3:54
3) I’VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU (George & Ira Gershwin) 2:56
4) MEAN TO ME (Turk-Ahlert) 5:02
5) FALLOUT (Nat Adderley) 4:55

SIDE B:
1) SACK OF WOE (Cannonball Adderley) 4:28
2) MY HEART STOOD STILL (Rodgers-Hart) 6:26
3) VIOLETS FOR YOUR FURS (Adair-Dennis) 3:50
4) SCRAMBLED EGGS (Sam Jones) 3:20
5) THE SHOUTER (Jon Hendricks-Gildo Mahones) 5:03 *