Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners explained

Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners
Type:	Album
Artist:	Cannonball Adderley
Cover:	Cannonball Adderley and the Poll Winners.jpg
Released:	Early 1961
Recorded:	May 21, 1960 (#1–3) Fugazi Hall, San Francisco June 5, 1960 (#4–7) Los Angeles 1959 (#8–12) Fugazi Hall, San Francisco
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:41 original LP
Label:	Riverside RLP 355
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews
Chronology:	Cannonball Adderley
Prev Title:	Them Dirty Blues
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse
Next Year:	1960

Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners is an album by jazz saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley released on the Riverside label, featuring performances by Adderley with Wes Montgomery, Ray Brown, Victor Feldman, and Louis Hayes.^[1]

Reception

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer praised some of the soloing, but added: "This sounds like a gathering of strangers. No one seems at ease – with the tunes or each other". The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and states "This was the only meeting on records by Adderley and Montgomery and, although not quite a classic encounter, the music swings hard and is quite enjoyable". The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars stating "The Poll Winners session was a typical all-star meeting of the day, and if it seemed artificial at the time, how good it is to be able to hear, nearly 50 years on, Adderley, Montgomery and Brown in the same band. If there's nothing which could be called surprising, the opportunity to hear these players in their prime is a treat".^[2]

Track listing

1. "The Chant" (Victor Feldman) – 6:36
2. "Lolita" (Barry Harris) – 8:06
3. "Azule Serape" (Feldman) – 6:29
4. "Au Privave" (Charlie Parker) – 3:54
5. "Yours Is My Heart Alone" (Franz Lehár) – 6:04
6. "Never Will I Marry" (Frank Loesser) – 8:32
7. "Au Privave" [Alternate Take] – 4:25 Bonus track on CD

Bonus tracks on the 2011 Essential Jazz Classics CD:

8. "Music in the Air" (Gigi Gryce) – 3:57
9. "Pretty Strange" (Randy Weston) – 2:53
10. "The Shouter" (Gildo Mahones) – 5:03
11. "Social Call" (Gigi Gryce, John Hendricks) – 2:22
12. "Out of the Past" (Benny Golson) – 4:54

Personnel

Tracks #1–7:

• Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
• Wes Montgomery – guitar
• Victor Feldman – piano, vibes
• Ray Brown – bass
• Louis Hayes – drums

Tracks #8–12:

• Jon Hendricks – vocals
• Wes Montgomery – guitar
• Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
• Nat Adderley – cornet
• Gildo Mahones – piano
• Monk Montgomery – electric bass
• Walter Bolden – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cannonball Adderley Catalog . 2023-09-25 . www.jazzdisco.org.
2. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton. Brian Morton (Scottish writer). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 1992. 8th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2006. Penguin. London. 978-0-141-02327-4. 9–10. registration.