Jazz for aficionados

I looked into it Ghosthouse, and it's exactly like I said it might be. No such album was ever recorded as "Cannonball plays Zawinul"; they simply selected cuts from other Cannonball albums, and gave them that name. It's a very good buy for a newcomer, but for me, it would mean purchasing what I already have on various other albums.


Enjoy the music.

Thanks, O.  So it's a compilation album.  That makes sense and explains why I wasn't seeing it listed in Adderly's discography.  I did listen to all of it on Spotify.  There is audience noise...some whooping and hollering on just about every track (well, now I'm second guessing myself about "every" track).  I'm wondering if the originals were all done live or if the crowd noise was an effect added later by the studio in producing the compilation.  Agree with your assessment...would be a good buy for me.

Donald Harrison-

Frogman -
The 3 jazz guitar albums you provided links to some days ago (Burrell, Hall, Montgomery) were not in vain. I just ordered the Wes Montgomery Incredible Jazz Guitar. That seems a special recording and based on what I read about it, others think so too.

Found a brand new Riverside/Keepnews produced reissue from 2008. Hoping the sonics are good on it. It was that version or a ’91 original (CD) release...also Riverside with Orrin Keepnews the producer. Taking a gamble that his involvement in the later reissue will make it good. Degradation of master tapes a concern, of course.

@alexatpos - Listened to several of your Burrrell links (a few more to go) and all the Zawinul/Ben Webster links. Until I heard that Cannonball Adderly stuff Orpheus posted, I didn’t know Zawinul could play like that...didn’t know about his classical music training. Ben Webster has a kind of distinctive sax sound, I think...pretty warm and a little ("loose"?) maybe.

I can hear that Burrell is a good (great?) jazz guitarist but the style is so mellow...kind of a snooze for me. I’m not putting him down in any objective way. Just giving my reaction based on current taste. HOWEVER, that Bean Bags album with so many other players involved (including Tommy Flanagan) seems worth spending time with (and maybe buying). Thanks for it.

Ghosthouse, they were all done live in various places, the banter is time significant; it's what people would have been chattering about at that time.  If memory serves me right, there was a dance called the "Philly Dog", that was danced to the sound of "Mercy Mercy Mercy",and since they were in LA , somebody yelled out "Do the LA Dog"

Enjoy the music.