Artist:Cannonball Adderley with Milt Jackson
Song:Things Are Getting Better
Album:Riverside Profiles
Of course alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley is one of the all time jazz greats. When I featured him as part of my Jazz for Beginners series, I featured his Capitol albums of the 60s. I also wanted to feature Adderley's Riverside albums from the late 50s. So this is kind of Jazz for Beginners Cannonball Adderley Part 2. I don't have a performance video for this. Though Adderley recorded two albums with Modern Jazz Quartet vibraphonist Milt Jackson, they never appeared together on film. Adderley signed with Riverside in 1958. He recorded previously for Savoy, Mercury/EmArcy and Blue Note. The way Adderley collaborated with other musicians was usually a trade off. For example, after Miles Davis appeared on Adderley's 1958 album Somethin' Else, Adderley appeared on Davis' 1959 album Kind of Blue. It had to be done that way because they were on different record companies. So Adderley was on Riverside and Jackson was on Atlantic. First, Adderley appeared on Jackson's 1957 album Plenty, Plenty Soul. Adderley appeared on three tracks. Quincy Jones was the arranger. Musicians were Joe Newman on trumpet, Jimmy Cleveland on trombone, Frank Foster on tenor sax, Sahib Shihab on baritone sax, Horace Silver on piano, Percy Heath on bass and Art Blakey on drums. In return, Jackson appeared on Adderley's 1958 album Things Are Getting Better. Musicians are Wynton Kelly on bass, Percy Heath on bass and Art Blakey on drums. Orrin Keepnews produced. It looks like Adderley wrote Things Are Getting Better for this album and he never recorded it again. Adderley did this trade off a few times when he was on Riverside. But he didn't do it when he was on Capitol. This comp of Adderley's Riverside recordings was released in 2006. It comes with a bonus CD of various Riverside artists and is available at a reasonable price. Adderley left Riverside for Capitol in 1963. There's no question his Capitol recordings are more popular. But you don't want to overlook his Riverside recordings. Here's a video for Things Are Getting Better by Cannonball Adderley with Milt Jackson.
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