Cannonball Adderley – This Here

Cannonball Adderley – Hi Fly

From “In San Francisco” :1959 : Riverside RLP 12-311

An essential jazz recording, this album was recorded live at The Jazz Workshop in San Francisco and released in 1959 on Riverside Records.  Cannonball Adderley was just ending his extremely successful tenure with the Miles Davis Quintet (resulting in the classics “Round About Midnight”, “Milestones” and “Kind of Blue”) when his own group caught fire with this release.  Joined by his brother on Nat on Cornet as well as Bobby Timmons, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes, the group scored a huge hit with the Timmons track This Here.  The rest of the album is just as solid and paved the way for a very fruitful period for Adderley and the various groups he would front over the next few years.

Players:
Cannonball Adderley – Alto Sax
Nat Adderley – Cornet
Bobby Timmons – Piano
Sam Jones – Bass
Louis Hayes – Drums