Why Am I Treated So Bad!

Why Am I Treated So Bad!
Studio album by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Released	May 1967 [1]
Recorded	March 6 & 23, 1967
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Capitol
Producer	David Axelrod
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet chronology
74 Miles Away (1967) Why Am I Treated So Bad! (1967) In Person (1968)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

Why Am I Treated So Bad! is an album by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, recorded at the Capitol Studios in Hollywood in 1967. ^{[4] [5]}

Overview

The song "I'm on My Way", was written by his nephew Nat Adderley Jr., who at the time was an 11-year-old living in Teaneck, New Jersey. ^[6]

The album peaked at No. 154 on the Billboard Top LPs during a twelve-week run on the chart. ^[7]

Track listing

(CD re-issue)

1. "Introduction" – 0:13
2. "Mini Mama" (Curtis Fuller) – 6:41
3. "I'm on My Way" (Nat Adderley Jr.) – 7:49
4. "Why Am I Treated So Bad" (Roebuck Staples) - 7:47
5. "One for Newk" (Josef Zawinul) – 5:15
6. "Yvette" (Josef Zawinul) – 2:21
7. "The Other Side" (Nat Adderley) – 9:04
8. "The Scene" (Josef Zawinul) – 2:39
9. "Heads Up! Feet Down!" (Jimmy Heath) – 7:00
10. "The Girl Next Door" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) – 12:07

Personnel

• Julian "Cannonball" Adderley – alto sax
• Nat Adderley – cornet
• Joe Zawinul – acoustic & electric piano
• Victor Gaskin – bass
• Roy McCurdy – drums

Charts

Chart (1967)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs [7]	154

References

1. "Billboard". May 20, 1967.
2. Jurek, Thom (2011). "Why Am I Treated So Bad! - Cannonball Adderley | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 11. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Jurek, Thom. Album review at allmusic
5. Capitol Records discography accessed August 18, 2015
6. Stewart, Zan. "Born to swing: Nat Adderley Jr. returns to his roots", The Star-Ledger , September 10, 2009. Accessed September 10, 2009.
7. Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 8. Retrieved July 10, 2025.