NANCY WILSON | CANNONBALL ADDERLEY — Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley (1961-1993) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 An excellent collaboration of Nancy Wilson's voice with Cannonball Adderley's alto sax from the early '60s. While this 1961 recording was the first time Wilson was with Adderley in the studio, it was not the first time they had worked together. After singing with Rusty Bryant's band, Wilson had worked with Adderley in Columbus, Ohio. (It was there that Adderley encouraged her to go to N.Y.C. to do some recording, eventually leading to this session.) Not entirely a vocal album, five of the 12 cuts are instrumentals. A highlight is the gentle cornet playing of Nat Adderley behind Wilson, especially on "Save Your Love for Me" and "The Old Country." Cannonball Adderley's swinging, boppish sax is heard to excellent effect throughout. Joe Zawinul's work behind Wilson on "The Masquerade Is Over" demonstrates that he is a talented, sensitive accompanist. On the instrumental side, "Teaneck" and "One Man's Dream" are especially good group blowing sessions. On the other end of the spectrum, Adderley's alto offers a lovely slow tempo treatment of the Vernon Duke-Ira Gershwin masterpiece "I Can't Get Started." To keep the listeners on their musical toes, the first couple of bars of "Save Your Love for Me" are quotes from "So What" from the Miles Davis Sextet's seminal Kind of Blue session. Given the play list and the outstanding artists performing it, why any serious jazz collection would be without this classic album is difficult to comprehend. Dave Nathan  
Tracklist :
1 Save Your Love for Me 2:38
Buddy Johnson 
2 Never Will I Marry 2:16
Frank Loesser 
3 The Old Country 2:57
Nat Adderley / Nat Adderley, Jr. / Curtis Lewis 
4 Happy Talk 2:21
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers 
5 The Masquerade Is Over 4:15
Herbert Magidson / Allie Wrubel 
6 A Sleepin' Bee 2:32
Harold Arlen / Truman Capote 
7 Little Unhappy Boy 2:14
Curtis Lewis / Curtis Reginald Lewis 
8 Teaneck 4:30
Nat Adderley / Nat Adderley, Jr. 
9 I Can't Get Started 4:55
Vernon Duke / Ira Gershwin  
10 One Man's Dream 5:09
Joe Zawinul 
11 Never Say Yes 3:57
Nat Adderley / Nat Adderley, Jr. 
12 Unit 7 6:04
Sam Jones 
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Cannonball Adderley
Bass – Sam Jones
Cornet – Nat Adderley
Drums – Louis Hayes
Piano – Joe Zawinul
Vocals – Nancy Wilson (tracks: 1 to 7)