Julian Cannonball Adderley & Strings / Jump For Joy

by Cannonball Adderley

Product Description:

2 LP's on 1 CD: JULIAN CANNONBALL ADDERLEY AND STRINGS (1956)/JUMP FOR JOY (1958).

Compilation producer: Michael Lang.

Includes liner notes by Michael Ullman.

Digitally remastered by Steven Fallone (Polygram Studios).

JULIAN CANNONBALL ADDERLEY AND STRINGS:

Personnel: Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Richard Hayman (arranger, conductor); Richard Hayman's Orchestra.

Producer: Bob Shad.

Recorded at Fine Sound, New York, New York on October 27 & 28, 1955. Originally released on EmArcy (MG 36063).

JUMP FOR JOY:

Personnel: Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Bill Russo (arranger, conductor); Emmett Berry (trumpet); Gene Orloff, Leo Kruczek (violin); Dave Schwartz (viola); George Ricci (cello); Bill Evans (piano); Barry Galbraith (guitar); Milt Hinton (bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums).

Producer: Jack Tracy.

Recorded in New York, New York on August 20 & 21, 1958. Originally released on EmArcy (MG 36146).

JULIAN CANNONBALL ADDERLEY AND STRINGS/JUMP FOR JOY pairs two 1955 albums by alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley. It's one of the best and most representative examples of his early hard-bop years, fully exploring two of Adderley's more prominent musical styles and giving the listener a more in-depth feel for Adderley's skills than some of the scattershot compilations can provide.

AND STRINGS is more interesting than most versions of this somewhat-overused staple of '50s jazz, both because Richard Hayman's strings avoid the Mantovanni-style glop of some strings albums and because Adderley's tone--as hard-edged and soulful as ever--provides an interesting tension. JUMP FOR JOY finds occasional Miles Davis sideman Adderley leading his own small, hard-bop group. The results are spectacular, recalling the best aspects of Davis' hard-bop recordings for Prestige during this time and showcasing the saxophonist's remarkable soloing.