Great Love Themes | ||||
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Released | May 1966[1] | |||
Recorded | April 6–7, 1966 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Tom Morgan | |||
Cannonball Adderley chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [2] |
Great Love Themes is an album recorded in April 1966 by jazz saxophonist Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley. It was released on the Capitol label featuring performances of ballads ― mostly Broadway show tunes ― by Cannonball Adderley with Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul, Herbie Lewis, Roy McCurdy, and with string arrangements by Ray Ellis.[3][4] AllMusic awarded the album 1 star.[5] The album was produced by Tom Morgan, rather than Adderley's usual producer, David Axelrod. According to Adderley's biographer, Cary Ginell, "Although Cannonball loved to play show tunes, the lush, watered-down arrangements did not excited listeners, who had long since wearied of the jazz-artist-with-strings formula. Axelrod recalled that Cannonball hated the album and convinced Capitol to let him go back to working with Axelrod from then on."[6]
Track listing
- "Somewhere" (Leonard Bernstein) - 2:50
- "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 3:14
- "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer) - 3:27
- "I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) - 3:40
- "This Can´t Be Love" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:37
- "Stella By Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 3:04
- "Morning of the Carnival (Manhã de Carnaval)" (Luis Bonfá, Antônio Maria) - 3:29
- "The End of a Love Affair" (Edward C. Redding) - 4:25
- "So In Love" (Porter) - 3:28
- Recorded in New York City, NY, on April 6 (tracks 1, 3 & 6-8) and April 7 (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 9), 1966
Personnel
- Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
- Nat Adderley - cornet
- Joe Zawinul - piano
- Herbie Lewis - bass
- Roy McCurdy - drums
- Unidentified strings
- Ray Ellis - conductor, arranger
References
- ↑ "Billboard". May 28, 1966.
- ↑ Allmusic Review
- ↑ Cannonball Adderley discography accessed 27 October 2009
- ↑ Capitol Records discography accessed August 18, 2015
- ↑ Allmusic Review accessed 27 October 2009
- ↑ Ginell, Cary (2013). Walk Tall: The Music and Life of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley. Hal Leonard. ISBN 9781480343030.