Phenix (album)
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | February–April, 1975 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 71:45 | |||
| Label | Fantasy | |||
| Producer | Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Nat Adderley, and Orrin Keepnews | |||
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Phenix is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded in 1975 at the Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California, featuring performances by Adderley's Quintet with Nat Adderley, Michael Wolff, Walter Booker and Roy McCurdy with guest percussionist Airto Moreira and sessions featuring past Quintet members George Duke, Sam Jones, and Louis Hayes.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and states: "Adderley's next-to-last recording (cut just four months before he died of a stroke at age 46) was ironically a retrospective.... A recommended set with plenty of excellent music, it serves as a fine overview of Cannonball Adderley's career."[2]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Track listing
All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated
- "Hi-Fly" (Randy Weston) - 6:04
- "Work Song" (Nat Adderley) - 6:28
- "Sack O' Woe" - 5:06
- "Jive Samba" (Nat Adderley) - 5:19
- "This Here" (Bobby Timmons) - 7:12
- "The Sidewalks of New York" (James W. Blake, Charles B. Lawlor) - 5:37
- "Hamba Nami" - 5:24
- "Domination" - 6:55
- "74 Miles Away" (Joe Zawinul) - 5:58
- "Country Preacher" (Zawinul) - 4:26
- "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) - 5:48
- "Walk Tall/Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Queen Esther Marrow, Jim Rein, Zawinul/Zawinul) - 7:28
- Recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA, in February, March & April 1975
Personnel
- Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Nat Adderley - cornet
- George Duke - keyboards, synthesizers (tracks 1-6)
- Michael Wolff - keyboards (tracks 7-12)
- Sam Jones - acoustic bass (tracks 1-6)
- Walter Booker - acoustic and electric bass (tracks 7-10 & 12)
- Louis Hayes - drums (tracks 1-6)
- Roy McCurdy - drums (tracks 7-10 & 12)
- Airto Moreira - percussion, congas
References
- ^ Cannonball Adderley discography, accessed November 4, 2009.
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic review, accessed November 4, 2009.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 5. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
