Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley album)

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Name = Somethin' Else


Type = Album
Artist = Cannonball Adderley
Released = 1958
Recorded = Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack) March 9 1958
Genre = Hard bop, Bebop
Length = 43:41
Label = Blue Note Records
Producer = Alfred Lion
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Last album = "Cannonball's Sharpshooters"
(1958)
This album = " Somethin' Else "
(1958)
Next album = "Alabama Concerto"
(1958)

"Somethin' Else" is a 1958 (see 1958 in music) album by jazz musician Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, regarded as a landmark album in the hard bop and cool styles. This critically-acclaimed LP is notable for the presence and prominent contributions of Miles Davis, in one of his few recording dates for Blue Note Records. Many critics and jazz fans consider "Somethin' Else" to be among the greatest jazz albums of all time [ [http://www.bluenote.com/detail.asp?SelectionID=9419 Blue Note Reviews] ] [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/customer-reviews/B00000I41J Reviews by Amazon Customers] ] . "The Penguin Guide to Jazz" selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection." [cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|authorlink = Richard Cook|coauthors = Brian Morton|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|origyear = 1992|edition = 8th ed.|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2006|publisher = Penguin|location = New York|isbn = 0-141-02327-9|pages = p. 9|chapter = Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley]

The extent of Davis's leadership or co-leadership on "Somethin' Else" is disputed. Davis plays several of the first solos, and, according to the liner notes, chose most of the material - he would continue to play "Autumn Leaves" and "Love for Sale", at increasingly frenetic tempos, in the years to come. He also composed the bluesy title track and suggested Adderley cover "Dancing In the Dark" (on which Davis does not appear). The one exception is the 12-bar blues, "One For Daddy-O", written by Adderley's brother Nat (for Chicago radio DJ Holmes "Daddy-O" Daylie, not the Adderleys' father). Nonetheless, at the end of that track, Davis can be heard addressing producer Alfred Lion: "Is that what you wanted, Alfred?" The collaboration between Adderley and Davis would continue in 1959 with Davis's "Kind of Blue", one of the most universally acclaimed jazz albums.

The album also features Art Blakey on drums, with Hank Jones on piano and Sam Jones (no relation) on double bass.

CD reissues include a bonus track, variously titled "Bangoon" or (originally, and incorrectly) "Allison's Uncle". That song is a Hank Jones composition, more hard bop in orientation than the rest of the record. It features a paradigmatic solo by Blakey (he can be heard humming along during the solo). The title under which the song was originally released, "Allison's Uncle", refers to the fact that the session took place shortly after the wife of Adderley's brother Nat had given birth to a daughter named Allison - thus making Cannonball Adderley "Allison's Uncle".

Track listing

# "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 11:01
# "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 7:06
# "Somethin' Else" (Miles Davis) – 8:15
# "One for Daddy-O" (Nat Adderley, Sam Jones) – 8:26
# "Dancing in the Dark" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:07
# "Bangoon" (initially released as "Alison's Uncle" and also noted as Bangoon on the RVG edition CD) (Hank Jones) – 5:05 (not on original LP)

Personnel

*Cannonball Adderley - Alto saxophone, Leader
*Miles Davis - Trumpet
*Hank Jones - Piano
*Sam Jones - Bass
*Art Blakey - Drums

References

External links

* [http://www.cannonball-adderley.com/1595.htm Blue Note 1595 - List of reissues]