Cannonball Adderley produces great jazz art

Cannonball Adderley is a strong man of the alto saxophone. Lord, yes. His classic tunes like the mighty, 'Work Song' and the wily 'Mercy, Mercy, Mercy' are two of my great favorites. The heavy dash of blues style that reaches out to you from that great alto sax of his is so intense. The composition, 'Work Song' (written by Cannonball Adderley's brother Nat, a fine cornet man) sends me into total delight. As a southern man like me might say, the tune has plenty of get up and get. A jazz workout by the Adderley men sends me up into a great musical groove as the sixties characters might put it. I figure digging Cannonball Adderley and Nat Adderley is a little bit like viewing a fine set of performances by two dramatic giants like Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino. Really profound performances can be very fulfilling. DeNiro and Pacino are clever and "hip" and so are the good Adderley brothers.

Cannonball, Charlie and good 'ole Catfish

Hey, everyone! Remember, jazz cooked up by the small groups is some of the very best music going. The vicarious raw excitement of potent group jazz is so powerfully wild. A great example of this kind of concept is the work of the classic modernist on the alto saxophone, Cannonball Adderley. This rather chilly Georgia afternoon I listened to the delightful mainstay Adderley composition called 'Work Song.' It still sparkles like all great tunes of the past several decades. People realize when they hear the Cannonball Adderley organization that this is really what super contemporary jazz music is all about. Cannonball's brother, Nat Adderley, was right in there on the cornet. Wow, the Adderley brothers did such interesting work delving into a unique musical adventure, creating vivid fresh improvisation with just the right temperature of "freshness." Another stimulating aspect of the Cannonball Adderley group sound was the imaginative work of super-pro keyboard fellas. I have always been a fan of one of the so fine keyboard guys with the unit...of course I mean the mighty Joe Zawinul. The alto saxophone sound can be big and exciting when jazz greats get a hold of it. Charlie Parker knew how to make the alto sax soar into space and so did the explosively creative one, Cannonball Adderley. Two saxophone giants like the one and only Charlie Parker and of course the magnificent other guy, Cannonball Adderley, remind us jazz is a heady brew indeed, a kind of music that can truly thrill us with all of its exciting pulsating magical minutes. Good jazz makes me hungry. I figure we might fry some good 'ole catfish, tonight. Get the fries and honest to goodness scrumptious southern food going for the evening meal. Yeah!