Them Dirty Blues

Last updated
Them Dirty Blues
Them Dirty Blues cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedFebruary 1, 1960
Reeves Sound Studio, New York City
March 29, 1960
Ter-Mar Recording Studio, Chicago
Genre Jazz
Length51:12
Label Riverside
RLP 12-322
Producer Orrin Keepnews
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet chronology
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco
(1959)
Them Dirty Blues
(1960)
Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners
(1960)

Them Dirty Blues is an album by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, recorded in 1960. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "Recorded in early 1960, Them Dirty Blues contains two classic jazz compositions." [2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3⅓ stars, noting: "Them Dirty Blues debuts Nat's 'Work Song' in the band's book, as well as Bobby Timmons's 'Dat Dere'." [3]

The album includes two other tunes which have become jazz standards: "Del Sasser" and "Jeannine".

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

Track listing

(1960 Riverside LP issue)

(2000 Capitol/Blue Note CD reissue)

  1. "Work Song" (Nat Adderley) – 5:05
  2. "Jeannine" (Duke Pearson) – 7:15
  3. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 4:20
  4. "Them Dirty Blues" (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley) – 7:10
  5. "Dat Dere" (Bobby Timmons) – 5:28
  6. "Del Sasser" (Sam Jones) – 4:40
  7. "Soon" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:34
  8. "Work Song" (Alternate First Version) – 5:49
  9. "Dat Dere" (Alternate Take) – 5:28

Personnel

References

  1. The Cannonball Adderley Official Web site
  2. 1 2 Campbell, A. AllMusic Review accessed February 22, 2013
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp.  9. ISBN   978-0-141-02327-4.