''Walk Tall'' is an album by American saxophonist
Eric Marienthal released in 1998, and recorded for the Verve label. It is Marienthal's tribute to the music of
Cannonball Adderley
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", whi ...
. The album reached No. 13 on the
''Billboard'' Contemporary Jazz chart.
Track listing
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Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" is a jazz song written by Joe Zawinul in 1966 for Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and which appears on his album '' Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club"''. The song is the title track of the album and became a surprise hit i ...
(
Joe Zawinul
Josef Erich Zawinul ( '; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to bec ...
) – 5:24
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Work Song (
Nat Adderley/
Oscar Brown) – 4:24
# Walk Tall (Zawinul/Jim Rein/
Queen Esther Marrow
Queen Esther Marrow (born February 12, 1941) is an American soul and gospel singer.
Biography
Queen Esther Marrow was born in Newport News, Virginia. She began her career at the age of 22, when her vocal gifts were discovered by Duke Ellington a ...
) – 4:40
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Skylark (
Hoagy Carmichael/
Johnny Mercer
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallich ...
) – 3:31
# Imagine That (Eric Marienthal/Rob Mullins) – 4:34
#
The Way You Look Tonight
"The Way You Look To-night" is a song from the film ''Swing Time'' that was performed by Fred Astaire and composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. Fields remarked, " ...
(
Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over ...
/
Dorothy Fields) – 5:30
# Here in My Heart (Mullins) – 4:37
# Sunstone (
Russell Ferrante
Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, California.
History
In 1977, guitarist Robben Ford, for his first solo album, recruited keyboardist Russell Ferrante, electric bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Rick ...
) – 4:23
# If You Need Me To (Harvey Mason) – 3:31
# Country Preacher (Zawinul) – 5:29
# Unit 7 (
Sam Jones) – 5:01
# Groove Runner (
Jeff Lorber/Marienthal) – 4:13
Personnel
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Eric Marienthal – saxophone
*
Chris Botti – trumpet
*
Chuck Findley
Charles B. Findley (born December 13, 1947 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American trumpet player known for his diverse work as a session musician. He also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone. His technical abilities ...
– trumpet
*
John Beasley – keyboards
*
Russell Ferrante
Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, California.
History
In 1977, guitarist Robben Ford, for his first solo album, recruited keyboardist Russell Ferrante, electric bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Rick ...
– keyboards
*
Ronnie Foster – keyboards
* Rob Mullins – keyboards
*
Stanley Clarke – bass
*
Melvin Davis – bass guitar
*
Chuck Domanico – bass guitar, double bass
* Reggie Hamilton – bass guitar
*
Allen Hinds
Allen Hinds (born 1956) is an American guitarist, who has recorded or performed with Natalie Cole, BeBe & CeCe Winans, The Crusaders, Hiroshima, Roberta Flack, Randy Crawford, Bobby Caldwell, James Ingram, Marilyn Scott, Eric Marienthal, Marc ...
– guitar
*
Lee Ritenour
Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s.
Biography
Ritenour was born on January 11, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States. At the age of eight he started play ...
– guitar
*
Michael Thompson – guitar
* Michael Mishaw - Background Vocals (8)
* Kevyn Lettau - Background Vocals (8)
Charts
References
External links
''Walk Tall'' at Discogs''Walk Tall'' at Verve Music Group
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1998 albums
Verve Records albums
Tribute albums