CANNONBALL ADDERLEY - SOMETHIN' ELSE - NEW CD

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This is part of a new series of Blue Note jazz masterpieces newly remastered using 24-bit technology by legendary engineer Rudy Van Gelder. One of the best known dates in the history of jazz, the chemistry among Adderley, Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Sam Jones and Art Blakey is amazing. Their radical reworkings of "Autumn Leaves" and "Love for Sale" are masterpieces. Miles' title tune and Nat Adderley's "One for Daddy-O" are classics. Includes 1 bonus track and extra photos. When alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley culled together this quartet, he grabbed three champions from seemingly disparate schools to complement his flinty solos: Miles Davis, the king of cool; Art Blakey, the thundering force of hard bop; Hank Jones, a veteran of swing; and Sam Jones, a versatile bassist adaptable to nearly any setting. The results are one of Blue Note's most beloved albums. The open-ended beauty of "Autumn Leaves," which features Davis beautifully stating the melody on muted trumpet, sounds like it could easily be an outtake from Kind of Blue (which it isn't). The midtempo title track provides the centerpiece of this classic as Adderley echoes Miles's swaggering melody before both unravel wonderful solos. A must-have Blue Note album. --John Murph