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Released
  
1956

To the Ivy League from Nat(1956)
  
Branching Out(1958)

Release date
  
1956

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
July 12, 18 & 23, 1956

Artist
  
Nat Adderley

Label
  
EmArcy Records

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Similar
  
Nat Adderley albums, Jazz albums

To the Ivy League from Nat is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley released on the EmArcy label featuring performances by Adderley with his brother Cannonball Adderley, Junior Mance, Sam Jones/Al McKibbon, and Charles "Specs" Wright with arrangements by Ernie Wilkins. The album was later released as part of the Cannonball Adderley compilation Sophisticated Swing: The EmArcy Small Group Sessions in 1995.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album four stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Nat Adderley except as indicated
  1. "Room 251" [aka Number 251] (Jaki Byard) - 2:45
  2. "Sam's Tune" (Sam Jones) - 3:32
  3. "Sam's Tune" [alternate take] (Jones) - 3:06 Bonus track on CD
  4. "Bimini" - 3:40
  5. "The Fat Man" (Jerome Richardson) - 3:30
  6. "Sermonette" (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley) - 3:36
  7. "Jackleg" (Samuel Hurt) - 3:50
  8. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 6:21
  9. "Rattler's Groove" - 3:25
  10. "Hayseed" - 3:06
  11. "Hoppin' John" (Nat Adderley, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley) - 4:38 Bonus track on CD
  12. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 2:53 Bonus track on CD
  • Recorded in New York City on July 12 (tracks 4, 6, 10 & 11), 18 (tracks 1, 7 & 9), & 23 (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8 & 12), 1956

    • Personnel

  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
  • Junior Mance - piano
  • Sam Jones - bass (tracks 3-11), cello (tracks 2 & 3)
  • Al McKibbon - bass (tracks 1-3)
  • Charles "Specs" Wright - drums

    • Songs

    1Room 2512:47
    2Sam's Tune3:29
    3Bimini3:42

    References

    To the Ivy League from Nat Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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