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Somethin' Else [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Cannonball AdderleyAudio CD
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listen  3. Somethin' Else 8:13$1.29  Buy MP3 
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (March 9, 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Blue Note Records
  • ASIN: B00000I41J
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  DVD Audio  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,046 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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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

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There's incredible chemistry between Cannonball, Miles Davis, Art Blakey and the rest of the band on this 1958 session. Contains extra photos and a bonus cut, Bangoon .

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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4.8 out of 5 stars
Cannonball played on many of the best Miles Davis albums, including "Kind of Blue". rash67  |  7 reviewers made a similar statement
So please, if you are new to jazz music, make this purchase right away. JoeyD  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
Just one of the best jazz albums ever recorded. COMPUTERJAZZMAN  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
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121 of 124 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply one of the all time greats... November 26, 2000
Format:Audio CD
Cut in 1958 for the Blue Note Lable, Somethin' Else is one of the all time great jazz albums. The personnel features Cannonball on alto, Miles Davis on Trumpet, Hank Jones on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and the great Art Blakey on drums. It may say Cannonball Adderly on the album cover, and have Miles Davis listed as a sideman, but this has the feel of a Miles Davis album all the way. The selection of material and the musician's laid back approach, tempered by the contrast of Mile's simmering mute with an expressive firey second horn, here the exuberant Adderley, are trademarks from this era of Davis' career. Regardless of who led the session, it is one any fan of jazz simply must have. It is one of those rare albums that is immediately accessable, and you can tell you will be listening to repeatedly from the first note. Every track's performance is a highlight, but Cannonball's playing is particularly inspired, especially his soulful blues soaked soloing on Dancing in the dark, and boppish flight on One For Daddy-O. Miles is dramatic, soulful, vulnerable, and sultry all at once. His muted playing on the first two tracks is simply sumptuous, with his open horn solo on One For Daddy-O and his "call and response" exchange with Adderley at the end of the title track being truly inspired. Hank Jones contributes a flawless hard swinging piano. Taking every note he is given and making it count, Hank makes his accompaniment as well as his solos sound as if he is playing them the only way they possibly could be. Art Blakey and the underrated Sam Jones are water tight in support, with Blakey unusually restrained throughout the album, his only solo space on the album's final track. At the end of One For Daddy-O we hear a puckish Miles ask producer Alfred Lion, "Is that what you wanted, Alfred?", and then some I'll wager. This is an album that will appeal to the jazz novice and the aficionado alike, if you do not have it, buy it, you won't be dissappointed.
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60 of 61 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars "Allison Uncle" and "Rangoon" March 25, 2006
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There are a few reissues of this absolutely great Cannonball Adderley recording. The first five cuts on all the reissues are the same 5 cuts that make up the original vinyl LP. A few of the reissued CD's have an additional sixth cut. The sixth cut was discovered by Blue Note and initially released in Japan in 1982 and given the name "Allison's Uncle" because Nat Adderley's daughter was born on the day it was recorded. Further research revealed that the mystery tune is a Hank Jones composition that the pianist recorded as "Rangoon" with the Gigi Gryce/Donald Byrd Jazz Lab quintet for a Jubilee label in August 1957. Therefore, please be advised that "Allison's Uncle" and "Rangoon" and the same exact cut, just with a different name for the same song. I got this info from the Rudy Van Gelder Edition footnotes by Bob Blumenthal. Tidbits like this are very important to me and thought it might be valuable to others as well.
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54 of 59 people found the following review helpful
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One of the best recordings in Jazz's long history was made when five of the premire musicians of Jazz, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly, Art Blakey, and the other greats got together for this landmark recording. From the first song "Autumn Leaves" to the last song "Bangoon", each and every song on this showcases the brilliant musicianship and uniqueness that this quintet had. Miles Davis on his unique and brilliant Trumpet, Cannonball Adderly on the Sax, and Art Blakey on the Drums, as well as the other greats on this show their fantastic style excellently. This timeframe of Jazz (mid 1950's to early 1960's) produced some of the absolute best recordings that Jazz ever offered.

Something Else is a perfect way to introduce a person who never listened to Jazz to the fantastic, complex sound of the Jazz world. In my opinion, this is an album (CD) that every Jazz enthusiast MUST have in their collection, it is that brilliant and fresh and can be listened to with enjoyment over and over again. Well worth 5 stars and more!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sheer Beauty
Before I launch into opinions that reflect my personal tastes more than being objective and factual, please take the time to listen to the sound samples on this page. Read more
Published 6 days ago by Mike Tarrani
5.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff
A great album from anyone that likes Jazz. In other words, I listen to some pretty disonnent/hardcore jazz, but my family is more into easy going jazz. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Lucho
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good......
Does not grab you like a "Kind of Blue" or "In a Silent Way", but it is a popourri of different sounds. All ranging from a ten to an eight. Read more
Published 28 days ago by william a. roesler
5.0 out of 5 stars Just great
Not much to say, if you're not a professional music reviewer. The interpretation is uniformly excellent, from any point of view...
Published 2 months ago by Roberto Pinto
4.0 out of 5 stars my first excursion into jazz
I note that a couple of reviewers are unhappy with the sound of this CD transfer. It didn't sound too bad to me, considering its age, but I take the point about some shrillness,... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Stanley Crowe
5.0 out of 5 stars Somethin' Else Cannonball Adderley
Somethin' Else
Cannonball Adderley CD listening to this CD at least once a week lost some how my vinyl record still looking for org record
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Published 4 months ago by L Jazz
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Jazz
This is Cannonball Adderley and Miles Davis together and this is great jazz. If you like really good saxophone and haven't listened to Cannonball Adderley then you are missing... Read more
Published 4 months ago by M. Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars ":Somethin' Else" is a great deal
I have always been a fan of modern jazz, but some how my vinyl records disappeared and life got in the way of my listening to jazz. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Robert Schaffer
5.0 out of 5 stars Get it
If you like jazz and don't have this album, get it!! Cannonball, Miles, Blakey, Hank Jones do I need to say more?
Published 6 months ago by David Gold
5.0 out of 5 stars top rank superb jazz
Cannonball, Miles et al at the peak of their game. The quintessential version of Autumn Leaves ever ever ever recorded. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Richard L. Snell II
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