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Cannonball Adderley - Work Song - Jazz Scene USA video,1962

Posted about 1 year ago
Cannonball Adderley will always be known for his work with Miles Davis in the late 1950s (he's the alto sax player on "Kind of Blue) and for the bands he led before and after that with his brother, trumpeter and cornetist Nat Adderley. Nat wrote "Work Song", which they play here. This was a big hit for them, and was played by many other jazz, R&B, and pop bands. Ray Charles did a wonderful vocal version of this using lyrics that the host of this TV program, Oscar Brown Jr., wrote. Herb Alpert's Tiajuana Brass also played it and got a lot of radio play in the late 60's. On this you can hear how alive and powerful both of the brothers sound, and how hard they could swing on a blues song. Also the liberties they could take while playing the blues.I love seeing the grin that Cannonball flashes in the middle of Nat's solo. This is one of the Adderley's best band, which includes pianist Joe Zawinul (he later co-led Weather Report), bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Louis Hayes.

Comments (2)

  1. steve simon says he was the shit for sure
    Permalink posted 01/14/2008
  2. Bartleby says The two brothers look like they're enjoying themselves as if there were not cameras. I like the devil-may-care mood.
    Permalink posted 01/14/2008

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