With Strings/Jump for Joy

Cannonball Adderley

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With Strings/Jump for Joy Review

by Scott Yanow

This CD reissues two complete LPs from near the beginning of altoist Cannonball Adderley's career. The first session is quite unusual for Adderley (who was completely unknown just a few months earlier) was given a very early opportunity to record with strings. He sounds fine on 11 standards and Terry Gibbs' "Lonely Dreams" but mostly sticks near the melody while Richard Hayman's Orchestra sounds rather anonymous. The 1958 sessions finds him performing ten songs from the early-'40s Duke Ellington show "Jump for Joy" (including "Just Squeeze Me," "I Got It Bad," and "Jump for Joy") while accompanied by a string quartet, a rhythm section, and trumpeter Emmett Berry; Bill Russo provided the generally stimulating arrangements. The formerly rare music on this CD is enjoyable but not as essential as Adderley's slightly later Riverside albums.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	I Cover the Waterfront Johnny Green / Edward Heyman	Cannonball Adderley	02:27	Amazon
2	A Foggy Day George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Cannonball Adderley	02:42	Amazon
3	The Surrey with the Fringe on Top Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers	Cannonball Adderley	02:33	Amazon
4	Two Sleepy People Hoagy Carmichael / Frank Loesser	Cannonball Adderley	03:01	Amazon
5	I'll Never Stop Loving You Nicholas Brodszky / Sammy Cahn	Cannonball Adderley	02:41	Amazon
6	(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over Herbert Magidson / Allie Wrubel	Cannonball Adderley	03:11
7	I've Never Been in Love Before Frank Loesser	Cannonball Adderley	02:20	Amazon
8	Lonely Dreams	Cannonball Adderley	02:30	Amazon
9	Falling in Love with Love Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Cannonball Adderley	02:33
10	Street of Dreams Sam M. Lewis / Victor Young	Cannonball Adderley	02:14
11	Polka Dots and Moonbeams Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen	Cannonball Adderley	03:04	Amazon
12	You Are Too Beautiful Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Cannonball Adderley	02:55	Amazon
13	Two Left Feet Hal Borne / Paul Francis Webster	Cannonball Adderley	03:12	Amazon
14	Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) Duke Ellington / Lee Gaines / Fats Waller / Clarence Williams	Cannonball Adderley	03:17	Amazon
15	I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) Duke Ellington / Paul Francis Webster	Cannonball Adderley	02:36
16	Nothin' Hal Borne / Ray Golden / Sid Kuller	Cannonball Adderley	04:34	Amazon
17	Jump for Joy Duke Ellington / Sid Kuller / Paul Francis Webster	Cannonball Adderley	03:21	Amazon
18	Bli-Blip Duke Ellington / Sid Kuller	Cannonball Adderley	03:49	Amazon
19	Chocolate Shake Duke Ellington / Paul Francis Webster	Cannonball Adderley	02:41	Amazon
20	If Life Were All Peaches and Cream Hal Borne / Paul Francis Webster	Cannonball Adderley	05:14	Amazon
21	Brown-Skin Gal (In the Calico Gown) Duke Ellington / Paul Francis Webster	Cannonball Adderley	02:50	Amazon
22	The Tune of the Hickory Stick Hal Borne / Paul Francis Webster	Cannonball Adderley	03:25	Amazon