ONE OF THE BEST SMALL-GROUP JAZZ ALBUMS EVER !!
5 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE
INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK
PERSONNEL:
JULIAN “CANNONBALL” ADDERLEY, alto sax
MILES DAVIS, trumpet
HANK JONES, piano
SAM JONES, bass
ART BLAKEY, drums
Hackensack, New Jersey, March 9, 1958.
Side A:
1. AUTUMN LEAVES (Prévert-Kosma-Mercer) 11:01
2. LOVE FOR SALE (Cole Porter) 7:06
3. ALLISON’S UNCLE (Cannonball Adderley) 5:05*
Side B:
1. SOMETHIN’ ELSE (Miles Davis) 8:15
2. ONE FOR DADDY-O (Nat Adderley) 8:26
3. DANCING IN THE DARK (Schwartz-Dietz) 4:07
*Bonus track: From the same sessions. Not on the original LP.
Down Beat original review:
“There’s really not too much to say about this set. It’s the result of five thoroughly professional jazzmen playing together and making it. The outstanding side to me is “Autumn Leaves”, on which Davis displays his moving lyricism.” (Dom Cerulli, 1958)