74 Miles Away

74 Miles Away
Studio album by Cannonball Adderley
Released	November 1967 [1]
Recorded	June 12 & July 24, 1967
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Capitol
Producer	David Axelrod
Cannonball Adderley chronology
Radio Nights (1967) 74 Miles Away (1967) Why Am I Treated So Bad! (1967)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

74 Miles Away is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded "live" before an invited audience at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California in 1967, and features performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul, Victor Gaskin and Roy McCurdy.

Overview

Following these sessions, it would be almost a year before Cannonball Adderley recorded again, a significant sign that the slump in jazz fortunes of the later 1960s had begun. ^{[3] [4]}

The album just scrapped the charts, peaking at No. 186 on the Billboard Top LPs in late 1967, during a two-week run on the chart. ^[5]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars and states "This was a rare thing, a group that could grab the public's attention and gently lead them into more difficult idioms without pandering or condescension". ^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Do Do Do (What Now Is Next?)"	Nat Adderley, Gail Fisher	6:20
2.	"I Remember Bird"	Leonard Feather	6:54
3.	"Walk Tall (Baby, That's What I Need)"	Queen Esther Marrow, Jim Rein, Joe Zawinul	2:38
4.	"74 Miles Away"	Zawinul	13:47
5.	"Oh Babe"	Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Nat Adderley	5:28

• Tracks 1 & 3 recorded on June 12, 1967. Tracks 2,4,& 5 recorded July 24, 1967 at Capitol Tower, Hollywood

Personnel

• Cannonball Adderley  – alto saxophone
• Nat Adderley  – cornet, vocal on "Oh Babe"
• Joe Zawinul  – keyboards
• Victor Gaskin  – bass
• Roy McCurdy  – drums

Charts

Chart (1967)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs [5]	186

References

1. "Billboard". November 11, 1967.
2. 74 Miles Away at AllMusic
3. Cannonball Adderley discography accessed 28 October 2009
4. Capitol Records discography accessed August 18, 2015
5. Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 8. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
6. Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed 28 October 2009