Nat Adderley - You, Baby (1968) [re-rip>true flac]

As Cannonball Adderley moved with the times in the late '60s, so did brother Nat on his own. While Adderley generally buys into Creed Taylor's A&M mixture of top-flight jazz talent, pop tunes and originals, and orchestrations packaged in bite-sized tracks, this album has its own pleasingly veiled yet soulful sound quite apart from its neighbors in the A&M/CTI series. Give credit to Adderley's successful use of a Varitone electronic attachment on his cornet, giving the horn an "electric blue" sound which he handles with marvelous rhythmic dexterity. Add Joe Zawinul's lively, funky electric piano from Cannonball's quintet, as well as the brooding, genuinely classically-inspired orchestrations of Bill Fischer that only use violas, cellos and flutes. While not always technically perfect, Adderley's solos have soul and substance; his brief, catchy bop licks on "Halftime" are some of the best he ever played and on Zawinul's "Early Minor," he evokes a sense of loneliness that Miles would have admired. A lovely intensely musical album, well worth seeking out. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide.

A&M/CTI Records, LP 2005; SP 3005, 1968

Recorded on 26^th-28^th March & 4^th April, 1968 at Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey

Personnel:

Nat Adderley - Cornet

Joe Zawinul - Piano

Jerome Richardson - Flute, Soprano Saxophone

George Marge - Flute, Oboe

Romeo Penque - Flute

Harvey Estrin - Flute

Joe Soldo - Flute

Stewart Clarke - Viola

Bernard Zaslav - Viola

Al Brown - Viola

Charles McCracken - Cello

George Ricci - Cello

Alan Shulman - Cello

Ron Carter - Bass

Grady Tate - Drums

Track Listing:

A1. You, Baby {Ivy Hunter, Jack Goga, Jeffrey Bowen} (2:44)

A2. By The Time I Get To Phoenix {Jimmy Webb} (3:19)

A3. Electric Eel {Nat Adderley} (4:55)

A4. Early Chanson {Joe Zawinul} (2:23)

A5. Denise {Earl Turbinton} (3:56)

B1. Early Minor {Joe Zawinul} (3:43)

B2. My Son {Caiphus Semenya} (4:27)

B3. New Orleans {Nat Adderley} (4:18)

B3. Hang On In {Eric Knight} (3:30)

B4. Halftime {Julian Adderley, Nat Adderley} (2:36)

Credits:

Producer - Creed Taylor

Recording Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder

Arranger, Conductor - Bill Fischer

Photography - Pete Turner

Album Design - Sam Antupit

Liner Notes - Ira Gitler