Miles Davis – Milestones (1958)

Columbia – CL 1193Rec. Dates : February 4 and March 4, 1958Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Red GarlandTenor Sax : John Coltrane   Billboard : 09/22/1958 This is one of Miles Davis’ best to date. In addition to Davis’ fine tone

Nat Adderley – To The Ivy League From Nat (1957)

EmArcy – MG 36100Rec. Dates : July 12 & 13, 1956Stream this Album Cornet : Nat AdderleyAlto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Al McKibbon, Sam JonesCello : Sam JonesDrums : Specs WrightPiano : Junior Mance   Madison Capital Times (Madison, WI)John Francis : 04/26/1957 To the Ivy League from Nat is the name of a new

Cannonball Adderley – Julian Cannonball Adderley (1955)

EmArcy – MG 36043Rec. Dates : July 21 & 29, August 5, 1955 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyArranger : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Paul ChambersCornet : Nat AdderleyDrums : Kenny Clarke, Max RoachFlute : Jerome RichardsonPiano : John WilliamsTenor Sax : Jerome RichardsonTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson Billboard

Cannonball Adderley Quintet – In San Francisco (1959)

Riverside – RLP 12-311Rec. Dates : 10/18 & 10/20/1959Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Sam JonesCornet : Nat AdderleyDrums : Louis HayesPiano : Bobby Timmons   Billboard : 12/28/1959 Cannonball and company generate a lot of live excitement on this “on location” assignment. The set was cut at San Francisco’s Jazz Workshop, with Adderley introducing the numbers. The

Cannonball Adderley & Milt Jackson – Things Are Getting Better (1959)

Riverside – RLP 12-286Rec. Date : 10/28/1958Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Percy HeathDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Wynton KellyVibes : Milt Jackson   Boston GlobeRalph J. Gleason : 03/25/1959 Today you can with considerable safety order any LP that has Cannonball Adderley on it and be sure it’s a valuable jazz album. And when you have Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, Art

Cannonball Adderley – 74 Miles Away (1967)

Capitol – ST 2822Rec. Dates : June 12 & July 24, 1967Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Victor GaskinCornet : Nat AdderleyDrums : Roy McCurdyPiano/Electric Piano : Joe Zawinul   Cashbox : 11/11/1967 The Cannonball Adderley Quintet moves though a five-session jazz set. The tracks are Do Do Do (What Now Is Next?, I Remember Bird, Walk Tall (Baby, That’s What I

Cannonball Adderley – Know What I Mean? (1962)

Riverside – RLP 433 / 9433Rec. Dates : January 27, 1961, February 21, 1961, March 13, 1961Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Percy HeathDrums : Connie KayPiano : Bill Evans Billboard : 12/08/1962Spotlight Album of the Week Cannonball steps out of his usual sextet format for this date. Bill Evans is on piano and Connie Kay and Percy Heath from the Modern Jazz Quartet are

Cannonball Adderley Quintet – At the Lighthouse (1960)

Riverside ‎- RLP 344 / 9344Rec. Date : October 16, 1960Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Sam JonesCornet : Nat AdderleyDrums : Louis HayesPiano : Victor Feldman Cashbox : 12/10/1960Jazz Pick of the Week Adderley returns to the West Coast, the scene of his first “live” LP triumph, for his third quintet outing for the label. The group

Miles Davis – Kind of Blue (1959)

Columbia – CL 1355Rec. Dates : March 2, 1959, April 22, 1959Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Jimmy CobbPiano : Wynton Kelly, Bill EvansTenor Sax : John Coltrane   Billboard : 08/31/1959Spotlight Winner of the Week Miles Davis, with his almost-regular group, composed of Cannonball Adderley, Paul Chambers, James Cobb, Johnny Coltrane, Wynton Kelly and Bill Evans, turns in some

Milt Jackson – Plenty Plenty Soul (1957)

Atlantic – 1269Rec. Dates : January 5, 1957, January 7, 1957Stream this Album Vibes : Milt JacksonAlto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyArranger : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Sahib ShihabBass : Oscar Pettiford, Percy HeathDrums : Connie Kay, Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Lucky Thompson, Frank FosterTrombone : Jimmy ClevelandTrumpet : Joe Newman   American Record GuideMartin Williamson : February, 1958 Many of the “modern” jazz musicians are