Sophisticated Swing Explained

Sophisticated Swing
Type:	Album
Artist:	Cannonball Adderley
Cover:	Sophisticated Swing.jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	February 6, 8 & 11, 1957
Studio:	Capitol (New York City)
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	EmArcy
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Sophisticated Swing is the fifth album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, and his fourth released on the EmArcy label, featuring performances with Nat Adderley, Junior Mance, Sam Jones and Jimmy Cobb.^[1] The front cover photograph was by Chuck Stewart taken at the Ulysses S. Grant Monument, Chicago, Illinois.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and states "The music is quite bop-oriented, bluesy but not as soulful as it would be when Cannonball put together a new group in 1959".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Another Kind of Soul" (Nat Adderley) - 3:41
2. "Miss Jackie's Delight" (Gene Wright) - 6:13
3. "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:47
4. "Tribute to Brownie" (Duke Pearson) - 3:32
5. "Spectacular" (Sam Jones) - 3:56
6. "Jeanie" (Jones) - 3:28
7. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young) - 3:17
8. "Edie McLin" (Wright) - 5:21
9. "Cobbweb" (Wright) - 2:41

• Recorded at Capitol Studios in New York City on February 6 (tracks 2, 4-5 & 9), February 8 (track 6) and February 11 (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 8), 1957

Personnel

• Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet Junior Mance - piano
• Sam Jones - bass
• Jimmy Cobb - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/cannonball-adderley/catalog/#emarcy-mg-36110 Cannonball Adderley discography
2. Web site: Musical Maps.
3. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r624617|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed 14 October 2009