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Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners is an album by jazz saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley released on the Riverside label, featuring performances by Adderley with Wes Montgomery, Ray Brown, Victor Feldman, and Louis Hayes.[1]

Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners
Studio album by
Cannonball Adderley
ReleasedEarly 1961
RecordedMay 21, 1960 (#1–3)
Fugazi Hall, San Francisco
June 5, 1960 (#4–7)
Los Angeles
1959 (#8–12)
Fugazi Hall, San Francisco
GenreJazz
Length39:41 original LP
LabelRiverside
RLP 355
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Cannonball Adderley chronology
Them Dirty Blues
(1960) 		Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners
(1961) 		The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse
(1960)

Reception

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The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer praised some of the soloing, but added: "This sounds like a gathering of strangers. No one seems at ease – with the tunes or each other".[2] The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and states "This was the only meeting on records by Adderley and Montgomery and, although not quite a classic encounter, the music swings hard and is quite enjoyable".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars stating "The Poll Winners session was a typical all-star meeting of the day, and if it seemed artificial at the time, how good it is to be able to hear, nearly 50 years on, Adderley, Montgomery and Brown in the same band. If there's nothing which could be called surprising, the opportunity to hear these players in their prime is a treat".[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
DownBeat     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [4]

Track listing

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  1. "The Chant" (Victor Feldman) – 6:36
  2. "Lolita" (Barry Harris) – 8:06
  3. "Azule Serape" (Feldman) – 6:29
  4. "Au Privave" (Charlie Parker) – 3:54
  5. "Yours Is My Heart Alone" (Franz Lehár) – 6:04
  6. "Never Will I Marry" (Frank Loesser) – 8:32
  7. "Au Privave" [Alternate Take] – 4:25 Bonus track on CD

Bonus tracks on the 2011 Essential Jazz Classics CD:

  2. "Music in the Air" (Gigi Gryce) – 3:57
  3. "Pretty Strange" (Randy Weston) – 2:53
  4. "The Shouter" (Gildo Mahones) – 5:03
  5. "Social Call" (Gigi Gryce, John Hendricks) – 2:22
  6. "Out of the Past" (Benny Golson) – 4:54

Personnel

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Tracks #1–7:

Tracks #8–12:

References

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  1. ^ "Cannonball Adderley Catalog". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  2. ^ a b DeMichael, Don (September 28, 1961). "Cannonball Adderley: Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 20. p. 28.
  3. ^ a b Cannonball Adderley, The Poll Winners - Cannonball Adderley & the Poll Winners Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-09-25
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.
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