Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Work Song is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley, recorded in January 1960 and released on the Riverside label. It features Adderley with Bobby Timmons, Wes Montgomery, Sam Jones, Percy Heath, Keter Betts and Louis Hayes in various combinations from a trio to a sextet, with the unusual sound of pizzicato cello to the fore on some tracks.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz states: " 'Work Song' is the real classic, of course, laced with a funky blues feel but marked by some unexpectedly lyrical playing." [8] In a musical analysis of Adderley's improvisational bebop style, Kyle M. Granville writes that the song is "connected to the soul-jazz style that Nat Adderley and his brother Cannonball Adderley immersed themselves into during the ...
Nat and Cannonball Adderley at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 1961. During the 1960s, Adderley acted as cornetist, composer, and manager for the quintet. [3] While he kept the band in order, he also composed some of the group's most successful songs. His most successful song was "Work Song" (January 1960), a hard bop tune
Work Song: Live at Sweet Basil is a live album by Nat Adderley's Quintet recorded at the Sweet Basil Jazz Club in 1990 and original released on the Sweet Basil label. [ 1 ] Reception
The AllMusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "Recorded in early 1960, Them Dirty Blues contains two classic jazz compositions." [2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3⅓ stars, noting: "Them Dirty Blues debuts Nat's 'Work Song' in the band's book, as well as Bobby Timmons's 'Dat Dere'."
Work Song (1960) Much Brass is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Adderley's Sextet with Slide Hampton , Wynton Kelly , Sam Jones , Laymon Jackson , and Albert Heath .
After hearing about the FAMU Music Institute's renaming, Alison Adderley — Nat Adderley’s daughter — said she was thrilled. Florida A&M names music institute after Julian ‘Cannonball ...
Work Song (Nat Adderley album), a 1960 album "Work Song" (Nat Adderley song), the title track from the album "Work Song" (Bill Laswell song), a song by Laswell from the 1983 album Baselines "Work Song" (Hozier song), a 2014 song; Work Song: Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright, a 2000 play "Work Song", a 1990 song and music video by Corbin/Hanner ...