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Sophisticated Swing

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Released
  
1957

Release date
  
1957

Genre
  
Jazz

Artist
  
Cannonball Adderley

Label
  
EmArcy Records

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Recorded
  
February 6, 8 & 11, 1957

Sophisticated Swing (1957)
  
Cannonball Enroute (1957)

Similar
  
Cannonball Adderley albums, Jazz albums

Cannonball adderley another kind of soul 1957


Sophisticated Swing is the fifth album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, and his fourth released on the EmArcy label, featuring performances with Nat Adderley, Junior Mance, Sam Jones, and Jimmy Cobb.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and states "The music is quite bop-oriented, bluesy but not as soulful as it would be when Cannonball put together a new group in 1959".

Track listing

  1. "Another Kind of Soul" (Nat Adderley) - 3:41
  2. "Miss Jackie's Delight" (Gene Wright) - 6:13
  3. "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:47
  4. "Tribute to Brownie" (Duke Pearson) - 3:32
  5. "Spectacular" (Sam Jones) - 3:56
  6. "Jeanie" (Jones) - 3:28
  7. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young) - 3:17
  8. "Edie McLin" (Wright) - 5:21
  9. "Cobbweb" (Wright) - 2:41
  • Recorded at Capitol Studios in New York City on February 6 (tracks 2, 4-5 & 9), February 8 (track 6) and February 11 (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 8), 1957

    • Personnel

  • Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Junior Mance - piano
  • Sam Jones - bass
  • Jimmy Cobb - drums

    • Songs

    1Another Kind of Soul3:35
    2Miss Jackie’s Delight6:04
    3Spring Is Here3:42

    References

    Sophisticated Swing Wikipedia
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