Nat Adderley - Work Song

Styles: Cornet Jazz
Year: 1960
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:07
Size: 90,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:15)  1. Work Song
(3:54)  2. Pretty Memory
(2:55)  3. I've Got A Crush On You
(5:01)  4. Mean To Me
(4:54)  5. Fallout
(4:28)  6. Sack Of Woe
(6:25)  7. My Heart Stood Still
(3:50)  8. Violets For Your Furs
(3:21)  9. Scrambled Eggs

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. 

~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/work-song-mw0000204076

Personnel: Nat Adderley (cornet); Wes Montgomery (guitar); Keter Betts, Sam Jones (cello, bass instrument); Bobby Timmons (piano); Percy Heath (bass instrument); Louis Hayes (drums).

Work Song

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