''The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco'' is a 1959 album by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet. The groundbreaking album launched "soul jazz", according to

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, bridging "the gap between bebop and funk".Sidran, Ben
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Riverside Records Riverside Records was an American jazz record company and label. Founded by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer, Jr, under his firm Bill Grauer Productions in 1953, the label played an important role in the jazz record industry for a decade. Riverside ...

, the album has been reissued on CD several times since 1991 by Riverside and OJC. Remastered versions of the album include extended cuts of several of the songs on the original, including the retitled "(A Few Words by Cannonball...And) This Here"..

Background

The album was recorded at The Jazz Workshop in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

before an appreciative

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crowd.Rickert, David. (June 13, 2007
"The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco"

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. Accessed December 13, 2007. The album broke new ground as a live recording taped in noisy club environments, creating a formula that not only the Cannonball Quintet but other jazz ensembles would follow. Producer

Orrin Keepnews Orrin Keepnews (March 2, 1923 – March 1, 2015) was an American jazz writer and record producer known for founding Riverside Records and Milestone Records, for freelance work, and for his work at other labels. Biography Early life Keepnews ...

reflected that it "was such a phenomenal success that not only did I do a lot of such recordings afterwards, but I think that virtually all jazz producers felt that it was a good thing to do". Also unusual for the time was Keepnews' decision to retain Adderley's comments to the crowd.

Reception

Producer and jazz critic

described the album as "the birth of contemporary live recording" and in May 1960, ''

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'' noted that the album's then 50,000 copies sold was "phenomenal for a jazz record", raising the album to the bestseller charts. Music critic Scott Yanow describes the album as a "gem ..essential for all jazz collections.". ''

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'' awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "''In San Francisco'' is a little overstretched, with four tracks nudging the 12-minute mark and some of the solos running out of steam too soon".

Track listing

# "This Here" (

Bobby Timmons Robert Henry Timmons (December 19, 1935 – March 1, 1974) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was a sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for two periods (July 1958 to September 1959; February 1960 to June 1961), between which he wa ...

) – 12:29Original track listing source '' Billboard''. The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Franciscobillboard.com. Accessed December 13, 2007. # "Spontaneous Combustion" ( Cannonball Adderley) – 11:55 # " Hi-Fly" (

Randy Weston Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018) was an American jazz pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral African connection. Weston's piano style owed much to Duke Ellington and Thelonious ...

) – 11:09 # "You Got It!" (Cannonball Adderley) – 5:10 # "Bohemia After Dark" (

Oscar Pettiford Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom. Biography Pettiford was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United ...

) – 8:06 #

" Straight, No Chaser" (

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) – 11:43 (2000 ''Bonus Track''; 2007 ''Bonus Track'') # "This Here lternate Take– 11:40 (2007 ''Bonus Track'') # "You Got It! lternate Take – 6:11 (2007 ''Bonus Track'')

Personnel

Musicians * Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone *

Nat Adderley Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, whom he supported and played with for many years. Adderley's composition ...

– cornet *

– piano * Sam Jones – bass *

Louis Hayes Louis Hayes (born May 31, 1937) is an American jazz drummer and band leader. He was with McCoy Tyner's trio for more than three years. Since 1989 he has led his own band, and together with Vincent Herring formed the Cannonball Legacy Band. He ...

– drums Production *

– producer * Reice Hamel –

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* Kirk Felton –

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* Paul Bacon –

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* Ken Braren – design * Harris Lewine – design * Ralph J. Gleason –

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References

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