Blue Autumn

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Blue Autumn
Nat Adderley Blue Autumn cover.jpg
Live album by
Nat Adderley
Released1983 (1983)
RecordedOctober 1982
Venue Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA
Genre Jazz
Length40:22
Label Theresa
Producer Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley chronology
On the Move
(1983)		Blue Autumn
(1983)		 We Remember Cannon
(1989)

Blue Autumn is a jazz album by the Nat Adderley quartet. The album was recorded live in October 1982 at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco and released in 1983 on cassette and 12 Aug. 1993 on CD. On this date, the quintet featured Nat Adderley on cornet, Sonny Fortune on alto saxophone, Larry Willis on piano, Walter Booker on upright bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums. [1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "At just 40 minutes, Blue Autumn gives slightly short measure, but there's plenty packed in". [2] In his review for AllMusic, Ron Wynn stated "This '83 live set at the Keystone Korner was certainly an uneven, sometimes curious event. ... There are some fine cuts with punchy, snappy melodies, taut solos, and nice rhythm section interaction ... overall, this proves a good but not essential Nat Adderley date". [3] In the Chicago Tribune Jack Fuller wrote "The best Adderley music has always come in front of a crowd, and this 1983 recording of brother Nat is no exception. Done in a San Francisco club, the performance is by turns lively and lovely". [4]

Track listing

  1. "For Duke and Cannon" (Sonny Fortune)—7:03
  2. "The Fifth Labor of Hercules" (Andrew Arthur "Tex" Allen, Jr.)—6:24
  3. "Book's Bossa" (Cedar Walton, Walter Booker)—9:02
  4. "Blue Autumn" (Willis)—8:30
  5. "Tallahassee Kid" (Willis)—9:23

Personnel

Further reading

The following newspaper articles contain positive reviews of the Nat Adderley Quintet with the same lineup featured on Blue Autumn:

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References

  1. ↑ Blue Autumn CD from CD Universe.
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (1994). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (2nd ed.). London: Penguin. p. 14. ISBN   0-14-017949-6.
  3. 1 2 Wynn, Ron. Blue Autumn – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ Fuller, Jack. Blue Autumn review from the Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 1993.
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