Product Description:
Personnel: Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Victor Feldman (vibraphone, piano); Wes Montgomery (guitar); Ray Brown (acoustic bass); Louis Hayes (drums).
Producers: Orrin Keepnews, Cannonball Adderly.
Reissue producers: Orrin Keepnews, Michael Cuscuna.
Recorded at Fugazi Hall, San Francisco, California on May 21, 1960; United Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California on June 5, 1960. Originally released on Riverside (9355). Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews.
Digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Ron McMaster.
This 1960 album is legendary in jazz circles for its lineup. The Pollwinners were a short-lived jazz supergroup comprising alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, bassist Ray Brown, and incomparable guitarist Wes Montgomery--the man who changed the concept of jazz guitar like nobody since Django Reinhardt. Backed with Adderley's drummer Louis Hayes and the piano and vibes of Victor Feldman, the Pollwinners created a minor classic of '60s jazz.
Not quite cool jazz and not quite hard bop, these seven tracks, including two very different takes of the sublime "Au Privave," are the bridge between these two seemingly disparate style. Montgomery's cool, ultra-melodic leads mesh with Adderley's more hard-edged tone much better than you might think, with each man accommodating the other without sacrificing his own style. This under-appreciated album is a non-stop delight, and the remastered version improves greatly on the sound of previous issues.
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