Sophisticated Swing

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Sophisticated Swing
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Studio album by
Cannonball Adderley
Released1957
RecordedFebruary 6, 8 & 11, 1957
Studio Capitol (New York City)
Genre Jazz
Label EmArcy
Cannonball Adderley chronology
In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley
(1956)		Sophisticated Swing
(1957)		 Cannonball Enroute
(1957)
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Sophisticated Swing is the fifth album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, and his fourth released on the EmArcy label, featuring performances with Nat Adderley, Junior Mance, Sam Jones and Jimmy Cobb. [3] The front cover photograph was by Chuck Stewart taken at the Ulysses S. Grant Monument, Chicago, Illinois. [4]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and states "The music is quite bop-oriented, bluesy but not as soulful as it would be when Cannonball put together a new group in 1959". [5]

Track listing

  1. "Another Kind of Soul" (Nat Adderley) - 3:41
  2. "Miss Jackie's Delight" (Gene Wright) - 6:13
  3. "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:47
  4. "Tribute to Brownie" (Duke Pearson) - 3:32
  5. "Spectacular" (Sam Jones) - 3:56
  6. "Jeanie" (Jones) - 3:28
  7. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young) - 3:17
  8. "Edie McLin" (Wright) - 5:21
  9. "Cobbweb" (Wright) - 2:41
  • Recorded at Capitol Studios in New York City on February 6 (tracks 2, 4-5 & 9), February 8 (track 6) and February 11 (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 8), 1957

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Sophisticated Swing - Cannonball Adderley | AllMusic". allmusic.com. 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 10. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Cannonball Adderley discography accessed 14 October 2009
  4. ↑ "Musical Maps".
  5. ↑ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 14 October 2009
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