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Artist:
Cannonball Adderley
Title:
In Chicago

Info: For an altoist to be dubbed (the new Bird following the death of the great or perhaps even supreme Charlie Parker is certainly more than flattering. But it is not so easy to be dispose of such a tag. Julian Edwin Adderly better known as (Cannonball certainly did not need such labelling v he was great in every sense of the word and admired for being what he was v and that was in no way insignificant! Just as imposing as his stature was his art of playing v snappy racy and incredibly rhythmical. So it was really no wonder that Miles Davis recognized in him the perfect counterpart to John Coltrane and augmented his quintet to a sextet in 1958 recording his now legendary album Kind of Blue in March and April 1959. The present album recorded by the Cannonball Adderly Quintet in February of that year is also possessed with the very same genius. The common factor is Davis for all musicians at the recording session played with

Label: Mercury

This item was added to our catalog on Thursday 10 April, 2008