Cannonball Adderley

gatefold 180 gram vinyl LP

4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

A great session from 1959 – one that features John Coltrane playing tenor in a combo that's billed as being led by altoist Cannonball Adderley – but which is really more of a Miles Davis combo, without Miles!

The set was recorded in Chicago when both were stopping through the city with Miles Davis' combo at the time – and since the rhythm section includes Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums – the album's essentially a Kind Of Blue-era Miles album, recorded without Miles on trumpet, and grooving in a slightly more soul-based Adderley mode!

Given the presence of Coltrane, there's a bit less of the gutbuckety soul jazz that Cannon was cutting in his own Quintet – but that's more than ok with us, as the Coltrane solos more than make up for that difference! The set's got 2 great originals by Coltrane – "The Sleeper" and "Grand Central" – plus the cuts "Wabash" and "Limehouse Blues

PERSONNEL:

• Julian “Cannonball” Adderley – (alto sax)
• John Coltrane – (tenor sax)
• Wynton Kelly - (piano)
• Paul Chambers - (bass)
• Jimmy Cobb - (drums)

Chicago, February 3, 1959

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Limehouse Blues
• A2 Stars Fell on Alabama
• A3 Wabash

• SIDE B
• B1 Grand Central
• B2 You're a Weaver of Dreams
• B3 The Sleeper