Released 1974 Length 35:36 | Recorded 1974 Release date 1974 | |
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Pyramid is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California in 1974 featuring performances by Adderley's Quintet with Nat Adderley, Hal Galper, Walter Booker and Roy McCurdy with guest appearances by Phil Upchurch, George Duke, and Jimmy Jones.
Contents
- Jazz funk cannonball adderley pyramid
- Canonball adderley quintet pyramid
- Reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Canonball adderley quintet pyramid
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and states: "Cannonball Adderley is in generally good form on this 1974 recording.... Nothing too earthshattering occurs but this is an improvement over many of Adderley's Capitol recordings." The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 2½ stars.
Track listing
All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated
- "Phases" (Hal Galper) - 6:00
- "My Lady Blue" (Galper) - 4:45
- "Book-Ends" (David Axelrod) - 5:35
- "Pyramid" - 3:40
- "Suite Cannon: The King and I" - 3:13
- "Suite Cannon: Time In" - 4:33
- "Suite Cannon: For Melvin Lastie" - 2:36
- "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:36
Personnel
Songs
1Phases6:01
2My Lady Blue4:45
3Book-Ends5:35
References
Pyramid (Cannonball Adderley album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA