Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club'

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club'
Live album by Cannonball Adderley
Released	1966
Recorded	Capitol (Los Angeles) October 20, 1966
Genre	Soul jazz Hard bop
Length	41:07
Label	Capitol
Producer	David Axelrod
Cannonball Adderley chronology
Great Love Themes (1966) Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club' (1966) Cannonball in Japan (1966)

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Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club' is a 1966 (see 1966 in music) album by jazz musician Julian "Cannonball" Adderley. Though the original liner notes state that it was recorded at the Club DeLisa in Chicago, it was actually recorded at Capitol's Hollywood studio with an invited audience and an open bar.^[2] The reason for this discrepancy, according to the liner notes in the CD reissue, is that Adderley and the new manager of Club DeLisa (which had been re-named "The Club", after operating for years in Chicago under its old name) were friends, and Adderley offered to give the club a bit of free publicity.

The title track from this album became a surprise hit, reaching #11 on the Billboard charts, and has been re-recorded numerous times (usually with lyrics added), perhaps most successfully by The Buckinghams in 1967. On this album, Joe Zawinul played a Wurlitzer electric piano; however, subsequent live performances saw him taking up the new and mellower-sounding Fender Rhodes instrument.

Track listing

1. "Fun" (Nat Adderley) – 8:26
2. "Games" (N. Adderley) – 7:19
3. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:10
4. "Sticks" (Cannonball Adderley) – 3:54
5. "Hippodelphia" (Zawinul) – 5:49
6. "Sack O' Woe" (C. Adderley) – 10:29

Musicians

• Cannonball Adderley - Alto saxophone, leader
• Nat Adderley - Cornet
• Joe Zawinul - Piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
• Victor Gaskin - Bass
• Roy McCurdy - Drums

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Liner notes by Michael Cuscuna for Money in the Pocket at Cannonball Adderley official web site