Don't Look Back (Nat Adderley album)

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Don't Look Back
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Studio album by
Nat Adderley Septet
Released1976
RecordedAugust 9, 1976
Genre Jazz
Length48:23
Label SteepleChase
SCS 1059
Producer Nils Winther
Nat Adderley chronology
Double Exposure
(1975)
Don't Look Back
(1976)
Hummin'
(1976)

Don't Look Back is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley recorded in 1976 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label and on Inner City Records in the US. [1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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SourceRating
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "Adderley's reputation as a mainstream traditionalist takes a knock with sets like these. Unfortunately the results aren't by any means commensurate with the daring of the lineup. ... A bold effort but not quite there". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Funny Funny" (Nat Adderley) – 6:10
  2. "K. High" (Ira Buddy Williams) – 9:31
  3. "Just a Quickie" (Fernando Gumbs) – 4:50
  4. "I Think I Got It" (Onaje Allan Gumbs) – 6:58
  5. "Home" (Ken McIntyre) – 6:30
  6. "Don't Look Back" (Harold Vick) – 7:30
  7. "Home" [take 1] (McIntyre) – 6:54 Bonus track on CD release

Personnel

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References

  1. SteepleChase Productions ApS accessed March 28, 2017
  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. 13. ISBN   0-14-017949-6.
  3. Don't Look Back – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2017.