The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco is a 1959 album by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet.
The groundbreaking album launched "soul jazz", according to NPR, bridging "the gap between bebop and funk".Sidran, Ben. Jazz Profiles from NPR: Nat Adderley (1931–2000) NPR. Accessed June 15, 2021.See also Herrmann, Zachary. (April 2, 2007) "Concord releases Orrin Keepnews Collection", JazzTimes Magazine. Accessed December 13, 2007. Originally released by Riverside Records, the album has been reissued on CD several times since 1991 by Riverside and OJC. Remastered versions of the album include extended cuts of several of the songs on the original, including the retitled "(A Few Words by Cannonball...And) This Here"...
Background The album was recorded at The Jazz Workshop in San Francisco before an appreciative standing-room only crowd.Rickert, David. (June 13, 2007) "The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco", All About Jazz. Accessed December 13, 2007. The album broke new ground as a live recording taped in noisy club environments, creating a formula that not only the Cannonball Quintet but other jazz ensembles would follow. Producer Orrin Keepnews reflected that it "was such a phenomenal success that not only did I do a lot of such recordings afterwards, but I think that virtually all jazz producers felt that it was a good thing to do". Also unusual for the time was Keepnews' decision to retain Adderley's comments to the crowd.
Reception Producer and jazz critic Orrin Keepnews described the album as "the birth of contemporary live recording" and in May 1960, Time noted that the album's then 50,000 copies sold was "phenomenal for a jazz record", raising the album to the bestseller charts.Time staff. (May 30, 1960) Cannonball. Time in partnership with CNN. Accessed December 13, 2007. Music critic Scott Yanow describes the album as a "gem [...] essential for all jazz collections.". The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "In San Francisco is a little overstretched, with four tracks nudging the 12-minute mark and some of the solos running out of steam too soon".
Track listing "This Here" (Bobby Timmons) – 12:29Original track listing source Billboard. [ The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco] billboard.com. Accessed December 13, 2007. "Spontaneous Combustion" (Cannonball Adderley) – 11:55 "Hi-Fly" (Randy Weston) – 11:09 "You Got It!" (Cannonball Adderley) – 5:10 "Bohemia After Dark" (Oscar Pettiford) – 8:06 "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) – 11:43 (2000 Bonus Track; 2007 Bonus Track) "This Here [Alternate Take]"– 11:40 (2007 Bonus Track) "You Got It! [Alternate Take]" – 6:11 (2007 Bonus Track)
Personnel Musicians Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone Nat Adderley – cornet Bobby Timmons – piano Sam Jones – bass Louis Hayes – drums
Production Orrin Keepnews – producer Reice Hamel – engineer Kirk Felton – digital remastering Paul Bacon – design Ken Braren – design Harris Lewine – design Ralph J. Gleason – liner notes
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