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Cannonball Adderley - 1961 Know What I Mean?DCC Gold Disc. Remastered by Steve Hoffman
DetailsContributing Artists: Connie Kay, Percy Heath
Producer: Orrin Keepnews
Distributor: Dunhill Compact Classics
Recording Type: Studio
Recording Mode: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a
Album NotesPersonnel: Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Bill Evans (piano); Percy Heath (bass); Connie Kay (drums).
ReviewRecorded at Bell Sound Studios, New York, New York on January 27, February 21 and March 13, 1961. Originally released on Riverside (9433). Includes liner notes by Joe Goldberg and Orrin Keepnews.
Possibly the best of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley's many releases, 1961's KNOW WHAT I MEAN? finds the alto saxophonist in a different setting. Usually found fronting hard-bop combos featuring his brother Nat on cornet, Adderley is here accompanied by pianist Bill Evans, bassist Percy Heath, and Modern Jazz Quartet drummer Connie Kay. In these more placid surroundings, Adderley showcases an entirely different side to his playing.
Accompanied by Evans' impressionistic, watery piano and Kay's low-key drums, Adderley's lines are lighter and more peaceful than his usual bluesy tone. The opening "Waltz for Debby" and the moody "Who Cares" could pass for outtakes from Miles Davis' KIND OF BLUE, a record on which both Adderley and Evans had played. KNOW WHAT I MEAN? is something of an anomaly for Adderley, but it's a delightful one. This is an under-appreciated masterwork of modern jazz. The CD includes two alternate takes.
This gold-disc reissue of 1961 sessions sounds brand new, with good balance and lifelike presence. Alto saxist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley is joined by pianist Evans (briefly his cohort in the Miles Davis Sextet) and the Modern Jazz Quartet rhythm section (bassist Percy Heath, drummer Connie Kay) in an interesting, mostly mellow program including Evans's title tune and "Waltz for Debby," the MJQ's "Venice," and standards (plus two alternate takes). In an appealing compromise, Adderley allows his romantic side freer expression than his hard-bop dates permitted, while Evans is a bit more assertive than his impressionist norm. The result is truly classic.