Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley

by Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley

Type: Album
Released: February 1962
Label: Capitol
Country: United States
Length: 44:25
Community rating: 3.96/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Cannonball Adderley

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This incredibly successful Capitol Records collaboration seamlessly bridges the gap between instrumental hard bop and pop-oriented vocal jazz. Nancy Wilson's dynamic, blues-inflected singing perfectly matches the soulful exuberance of Cannonball Adderley's quintet, yielding timeless crossover renditions of 'Save Your Love for Me' and 'Never Will I Marry'.

Genres

Vocal Jazz

Descriptors: improvisation, melodic, instrumental

Tracklist

Save Your Love For Me (2:44)
Never Will I Marry (2:19)
The Old Country (3:01)
Happy Talk (2:25)
The Masquerade Is Over (4:18)
A Sleepin' Bee (2:34)
Little Unhappy Boy (2:15)
Teaneck - Instrumental (4:31)
I Can't Get Started - Instrumental (4:57)
One Man's Dream - Instrumental (5:11)
Never Say Yes - Instrumental (3:59)
Unit 7 - Instrumental (6:05)

Credits

Nancy Wilson - primary artist, vocals
Cannonball Adderley - primary artist, alto saxophone [alto], written-by
Sam Jones - bass, written-by
Nat Adderley - cornet, written-by
Louis Hayes - drums
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - ensemble
Ren Grevatt - liner notes
Joe Zawinul - piano, written-by
Andy Wiswell - producer [produced by]
Tom Morgan - producer [produced by]
Buddy Johnson - written-by
Frank Loesser - written-by
Ira Gershwin - written-by
Vernon Duke - written-by
Curtis Lewis - written-by
Specs Wright - written-by
Rodgers & Hammerstein - written-by
Allie Wrubel - written-by
Herbert Magidson - written-by
Harold Arlen - written-by
Truman Capote - written-by