Them Dirty Blues
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Them Dirty Blues is an album by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, recorded in 1960.
Track listing
(CD re-issue)- “Work Song” (Nat Adderley) – 5:07
- “Dat Dere” (Bobby Timmons) – 5:29
- “Easy Living” (RobinLeo RobinLeo Robin was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song "Thanks for the Memory," sung by Bob Hope in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938.-Biography:Robin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and...
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) – 4:19 - “Del Sasser" (Sam Jones) – 4:38
- “Jeannine” (Duke PearsonDuke PearsonDuke Pearson was an American jazz pianist and composer. Allmusic notes him as being a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a producer."-History:...
) – 7:15 - “Soon” (GeorgeGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
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) – 5:32 - “Them Dirty Blues” (Julian Adderley) – 7:10
- “Dat Dere” [take 3] (Bobby Timmons) – 5:23 - previously unissued
- “Work Song” – 5:47 [take 3]
Personnel
- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley – alto sax
- Nat AdderleyNat AdderleyNathaniel Adderley was an American jazz cornet and trumpet player who played in the hard bop and soul jazz genres. He was the brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley....
– cornet - Bobby TimmonsBobby TimmonsRobert Henry "Bobby" Timmons was an African American jazz pianist and composer.He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is best known for his role as sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and the composition of "Moanin'", "Dat Dere", and "This Here", each of which are typical of his...
– piano - Barry HarrisBarry HarrisBarry Doyle Harris is an American bebop jazz pianist and educator.-Biography:Harris left Detroit for New York City in 1960...
– piano - Sam Jones – bass
- Louis HayesLouis HayesLouis Hayes is an American jazz drummer.-Biography:His father played drums and piano and his mother the piano and he refers to the early influence of hearing jazz, especially that of big bands, on the radio...
– drums