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released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Adderley with

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/ Jim Hall Bob Cranshaw, and

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.Riverside Records discography
accessed February 17, 2010

Reception

The

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review by Scott Yanow states "A fine obscurity recorded at a time when Nat was one of the stars of his brother Cannonball Adderley's Sextet".Yanow, S.

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awarded the album 4 stars stating "it's hard to understand why such a quiet gem has slipped through the net".

Track listing

:''All compositions by Nat Adderley except as indicated'' # "El Chico" - 6:42 # "Foo Foo" - 4:11 # "Loneliness" - 4:14 # "Little Big Horn" - 5:20 # "Half-Time" - 4:48 # "Broadway Lady" - 4:19 # "Roses for Your Pillow" - 5:11 # "Hustle With Russell" - 4:20 :*Recorded in New York City on September 23, 1963 (tracks 2-4 & 8) and October 4, 1963 (tracks 1 & 5-7)

Personnel

– cornet *

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* Jim Hall (tracks 1 & 5-7),

(tracks 2-4 & 8) -

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* Bob Cranshaw - bass *

- drums

References

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