Released 1969 Length 38:39 Release date 1969 | Recorded Chicago, October 1969 | |
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Country Preacher is a live album recorded by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet in 1969.
Contents
Recorded at an unidentified church meeting of the Chicago chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Operation Breadbasket, the album spent two months in the Cash Box R&B charts in 1970.
Described by discographer and Adderley biographer Chris Sheridan as "an audible sociological record", the introduction is by the Reverend Jesse Jackson. The liner notes, written by Adderley, give some background to Operation Breadbasket and the Country Preacher.
The album is the first with bassist Booker as a member of the Quintet.
Adderley, in his introduction to the title track, makes a specific mention of fellow saxophonist Ben Branch, the director of the Operation Breadbasket Orchestra and Choir.
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Track listing
Introduction by the Reverend Jesse Jackson
- "Walk Tall" (Zawinul, Marrow, Rein) 5:03
- "Country Preacher" (Joe Zawinul) 4:30
- "Hummin'" (Nat Adderley) 6:32
- "Oh Babe" (Nat Adderley, Julian Adderley) 4:50
- "Afro-Spanish Omlet"
a. Umbakwen (Nat Adderley) 4:30
b. Soli Tomba (W. Booker) 3:03
c. Oiga (Joe Zawinul) 4:23
d. Marabi (Julian Adderley) 3:47 - "The Scene" (Joe Zawinul, Nat Adderley) 2:01
Personnel
Songs
1Walk Tall5:13
2Country Preacher4:35
3Hummin'6:35