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The new quintet, which later became the Cannonball Adderley Sextet, and Cannonball's other combos and groups, included such noted musicians as saxophonists Charles Lloyd and Yusef Lateef, pianists Bobby Timmons, Barry Harris, Victor Feldman, Joe Zawinul, Hal Galper, Michael Wolff, and George Duke, bassists Ray Brown, Sam Jones, Walter Booker ...
Cannonball Takes Charge: Riverside 1959 1959-10-18, -20 The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco: Riverside 1959 Live 1960-02-01 1960-03-29 Them Dirty Blues: Riverside 1960 1960-05-21 1960-06-05 Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners – with Wes Montgomery: Riverside 1960 1960-10-16 The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse ...
1960s in jazz: Music: 1960 in music: ... 16 – The Cannonball Adderley Quintet records At the Lighthouse at the ... This list of songs or music-related items is ...
"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" is a jazz song written by Joe Zawinul (lyrics by Gail Fisher) in 1966 for Cannonball Adderley and which appears on his album Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club" . The song is the title track of the album and became a surprise hit in February 1967. [ 1 ] "
The AllMusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "Recorded in early 1960, Them Dirty Blues contains two classic jazz compositions." [2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3⅓ stars, noting: "Them Dirty Blues debuts Nat's 'Work Song' in the band's book, as well as Bobby Timmons's 'Dat Dere'."
The song was first recorded by Bobby Timmons in his debut album This Here Is Bobby Timmons (January 1960), and shortly thereafter by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet on the album Them Dirty Blues (February 1960) and by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers on the album The Big Beat (March 1960), with Timmons as pianist on both recordings.
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club" is a 1967 live in-studio album by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, the jazz group formed by musician Cannonball Adderley. [2] It received the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Group or Soloist with Group in 1967, [3] and was added to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2021.
When Cannonball picked up the alto saxophone, he passed the trumpet to Nat, who began playing in 1946. He and Cannonball played with Ray Charles in the early 1940s in Tallahassee [4] and in amateur gigs around the area. Adderley attended Florida A&M University, majoring in sociology with a minor in music. [5] He switched to cornet in 1950.