African Waltz

African Waltz is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, released on the Riverside label and performed by Adderley with an orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins.[1] The title track had been a UK hit single for Johnny Dankworth.

African Waltz
Studio album by
Cannonball Adderley
Released1961
RecordedFebruary 28, May 9 & 15, 1961
GenreJazz
Length35:04
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Cannonball Adderley chronology
Know What I Mean?
(1961)		 African Waltz
(1961)		 The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus
(1961)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album three stars and states: "The music on this CD reissue is better than it should be. Cannonball Adderley had a fluke hit with "African Waltz" so a full album was recorded with the hope of coming up with additional hits... There is some strong material on the set (including "West Coast Blues," "Stockholm Sweetnin'" and a remake of "This Here") but the results are not too substantial and this was not that big a seller; it is still a reasonably enjoyable effort".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album three stars stating "'A departure from and an extension of what the Adderleys were doing in their small groups. Ernie Wilkins arranges a set of full-bodied top-heavy charts which Adderley has to jostle with to create their own space, and the music's worth hearing for its Sheer Brashness and impact".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

Track listing
  1. "Something Different" (Chuck Mangione) – 3:04
  2. "West Coast Blues" (Wes Montgomery) – 4:04
  3. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 3:02
  4. "The Uptown" (Junior Mance) – 2:15
  5. "Stockholm Sweetnin'" (Quincy Jones) – 3:41
  6. "African Waltz" (Galt MacDermot) – 2:12
  7. "Blue Brass Groove" (Nat Adderley) – 4:52
  8. "Kelly Blue" (Wynton Kelly) – 3:51
  9. "Letter from Home" (Mance) – 2:00
  10. "I'll Close My Eyes" (Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid) – 3:42
  11. "This Here" (Bobby Timmons) – 3:00 Bonus track on CD
    • Recorded at Plaza Sound Studio, NYC, on February 28 (tracks 6 & 8), May 9 (tracks 1-3, 7, 9 & 11), and May 15 (tracks 4, 5, 10 & 12), 1961.

Personnel

Production
  • Orrin Keepnews – Producer
  • Ken Deardoff – Album design
  • Hugh Bell – Cover photography
  • Steve Schapiro – Back-liner photography
  • Ray Fowler – Recording engineer
  • Riverside Records produced by Bill Grauer Productions, Inc.

References
  1. Cannonball Adderley discography accessed 2 November 2009
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 19 October 2009
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 10. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
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