''Money in the Pocket'' is a

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featuring performances by Adderley with

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and

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accessed 28 October 2009 Recorded at The Club in Chicago in 1966, it was not released on the

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label until 2005. However, edited versions of four of the songs were released as singles in 1966: "Money in the Pocket"/"Hear Me Talking to You" on Capitol 5648, and "Sticks"/"Cannon's Theme" on Capitol 5736.

Reception

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review by Al Campbell awarded the album 4 stars and states "Cannonball Adderley's mega-successful album '' Mercy, Mercy, Mercy!'', released in August of 1966, was supposedly recorded "live" at a venue in Chicago called The Club, but it was actually recorded in the studio of Capitol Records with a specially assembled audience. For those who wonder what they really sounded like at that venue, ''Money in the Pocket'' contains unreleased live recordings of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet at The Club in Chicago... Any Cannonball Adderley fan will want to own this".Campbell, A
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'' awarded the album 3½ stars stating "The sound is rather noisy (especially McCurdy's drums), but if anything this is a warmer set than the 'official' one from later in the year. "Stardust" is a vintage Cannon performance, and "Fiddler on the Roof", all but takes the roof off".

Track listing

''All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated'' # "Money in the Pocket" (Joe Zawinul) – 10:25 # " Stardust" (

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) – 9:09 # "Introduction to a Samba" – 7:22 # "Hear Me Talkin' to Ya" (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Nat Adderley) – 7:44 # "Requiem for a Jazz Musician" (Zawinul) – 10:32 # "Cannon's Theme (aka Unit 7)" ( Sam Jones) – 3:06 # "The Sticks" – 4:05 # "

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) – 10:28 * Recorded at The Club in Chicago, IL on March 18–20, 1966

Personnel

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References

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