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The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco

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The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco is a 1959 album by Jazz band The Canonnball Adderley Quintet. The groundbreaking album launched "soul jazz", according to NPR bridging "the gap between bebop and funk".[1] Producer and jazz critic Orrin Keepnews described the album as "the birth of contemporary live recording".[1] In May 1960, Time noted that the album's then 50,000 copies sold was "phenomenal for a jazz record", raising the album to the bestseller charts.[2]

Originally released by Riverside Records, the album has been reissued on CD several times since 1991 by Riverside and OJC. Several remastered editions released by Riverside and JVC Victor have included various bonus tracks.

Track listing

Personnel

Performance

Production

References

  1. ^ a b Sidran, Ben. Jazz Profiles from NPR: Nat Adderley (1931-2000) NPR. Accessed December 13 2007.
  2. ^ Time staff. (May 30 1960) Cannonball]. Time in partnership with CNN. Accessed December 13 2007.