Nat Adderley – Work Song (1960/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Nat Adderley – Work Song (1960/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:00 minutes | 1,73 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Riverside

Nat Adderley led a double creative life at Riverside: featured on the highly successful working-group albums led by his brother Cannonball, and also devising several intriguingly different projects under his own name. Very possibly the most interesting was Work Song, which took its title from one of Nat’s most widely known soulful compositions, and took its instrumentation from the younger Adderley’s fertile imagination. Cornet, cello, and guitar make up a front line that will probably never be duplicated. The guitarist was his friend Wes Montgomery, just emerging towards jazz stardom; the cellist was the longtime bassist of Cannonball’s band, Sam Jones.

Work Song is a near-classic by cornetist Nat Adderley. Adderley utilizes a cornet-cello-guitar front line with Sam Jones and Wes Montgomery, along with a top-notch rhythm section pianist including Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath, or Keter Betts on bass and drummer Louis Hayes. First up is a fine early performance of his greatest hit, “Work Song.” He also helps introduce Cannonball Adderley’s “Sack O’ Woe.” Four songs use a smaller group, with Timmons absent on “My Heart Stood Still,” which finds Keter Betts on cello and Jones on bass; “Mean to Me” featuring Nat backed by Montgomery, Betts, and Hayes; and two ballads (“I’ve Got a Crush on You” and “Violets for Your Furs”) interpreted by the Adderley-Montgomery-Jones trio. No matter the setting, Nat Adderley is heard throughout in peak form, playing quite lyrically. Highly recommended.

Tracklist:
01. Nat Adderley with Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath, Sam Jones – Work Song (04:15)
02. Nat Adderley with Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath, Sam Jones – Pretty Memory (03:53)
03. Nat Adderley with Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath, Sam Jones – I’ve Got A Crush On You (02:55)
04. Nat Adderley with Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath, Sam Jones – Mean To Me (05:01)
05. Nat Adderley with Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath, Sam Jones – Fallout (04:53)
06. Nat Adderley with Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath, Sam Jones – Sack Of Woe (04:27)
07. Nat Adderley with Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath, Sam Jones – My Heart Stood Still (06:25)
08. Nat Adderley with Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath, Sam Jones – Violets For Your Furs (03:49)
09. Nat Adderley with Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath, Sam Jones – Scrambled Eggs (03:19)

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