Phenix is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded in 1975 at the Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California, featuring performances by Adderley's Quintet with Nat Adderley, keyboardist Michael Wolff, bassist Walter Booker and drummer Roy McCurdy with guest percussionist Airto Moreira and past Quintet members keyboardist George Duke, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Louis Hayes guesting on select tracks. The program essentially consists of energetic new arrangements of the Quintet's best known pieces from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, including Nat Adderley's “Work Song”.[1]
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | February–April, 1975 | |||
| Studio | Fantasy (Berkeley) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 71:45 | |||
| Label | Fantasy | |||
| Producer | Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Nat Adderley, and Orrin Keepnews | |||
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Reception
editThe Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and states: "Adderley's next-to-last recording (cut just four months before he died of a stroke at age 46) was ironically a retrospective.... A recommended set with plenty of excellent music, it serves as a fine overview of Cannonball Adderley's career."[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Track listing
editAll compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated
- "Hi-Fly" (Randy Weston) - 6:04
- "Work Song" (Nat Adderley) - 6:28
- "Sack O' Woe" - 5:06
- "Jive Samba" (Nat Adderley) - 5:19
- "This Here" (Bobby Timmons) - 7:12
- "The Sidewalks of New York" (James W. Blake, Charles B. Lawlor) - 5:37
- "Hamba Nami" - 5:24
- "Domination" - 6:55
- "74 Miles Away" (Joe Zawinul) - 5:58
- "Country Preacher" (Zawinul) - 4:26
- "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) - 5:48
- "Walk Tall/Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Queen Esther Marrow, Jim Rein, Zawinul/Zawinul) - 7:28
- Recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA, in February, March & April 1975
Personnel
edit- Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Nat Adderley - cornet
- George Duke - keyboards, synthesizers (tracks 1–6)
- Michael Wolff - keyboards (tracks 7-12)
- Sam Jones - acoustic bass (tracks 1–6)
- Walter Booker - acoustic and electric bass (tracks 7-10 & 12)
- Louis Hayes - drums (tracks 1–6)
- Roy McCurdy - drums (tracks 7-10 & 12)
- Airto Moreira - percussion, congas
References
edit- ^ Cannonball Adderley discography, accessed November 4, 2009.
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic review, accessed November 4, 2009.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 5. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.