Nat Adderley • You, Baby

 

Review by Richard S. Ginell
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.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-baby-mw0000903606

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Reseña de Richard S. Ginell
A medida que Cannonball Adderley se movía con los tiempos a finales de los 60, también lo hacía su hermano Nat por su cuenta. Mientras que Adderley generalmente acepta la mezcla de Creed Taylor en A&M de talentos de jazz de primera clase, melodías pop y originales, y orquestaciones empaquetadas en pistas del tamaño de un bocado, este álbum tiene su propio sonido agradablemente velado pero conmovedor bastante aparte de sus vecinos en la serie A&M/CTI. Hay que reconocer el acierto de Adderley al utilizar un accesorio electrónico Varitone en su corneta, que confiere a la trompa un sonido "azul eléctrico" que maneja con maravillosa destreza rítmica. Añádase el piano eléctrico animado y funky de Joe Zawinul del quinteto de Cannonball, así como las melancólicas orquestaciones de inspiración genuinamente clásica de Bill Fischer que sólo utilizan violas, violonchelos y flautas. Aunque no siempre técnicamente perfectos, los solos de Adderley tienen alma y sustancia; sus breves y pegadizos licks de bop en "Halftime" son algunos de los mejores que jamás tocó y en "Early Minor" de Zawinul, evoca una sensación de soledad que Miles habría admirado. Un álbum encantador, intensamente musical, que merece la pena buscar.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-baby-mw0000903606


 

Tracks:
A1 - You, Baby
Written-By – Ivy Hunter*, Jack Goga*, Jeffrey Bowen - 2:45
A2 - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Written-By – Jim Webb - 3:17
A3 - Electric Eel
Written-By – Nat Adderley - 4:55
A4 - Early Chanson
Written-By – Joe Zawinul - 2:22
A5 - Denise
Written-By – Earl Turbinton, Wilson J. - 3:55
B1 - Early Minor
Written-By – Joe Zawinul - 3:42
B2 - My Son
Written-By – Caiphus Semenya - 4:27
B3 - New Orleans
Written-By – Nat Adderley - 4:19
B4 - Hang On In
Written-By – Eric Knight - 3:27
B5 - Halftime
Written-By – Julian Adderley*, Nat Adderley - 2:36


Credits:
    Bass – Ron Carter
    Cello – Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, George Ricci
    Cornet – Nat Adderley
    Design – Sam Antupit
    Drums – Grady Tate
    Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
    Flute – George Marge, Harvey Estrin, Jerome Richardson, Joe Soldo, Romeo Penque
    Photography By – Pete Turner (4)
    Piano – Joe Zawinul
    Viola – Al Brown*, Bernard Zaslav, Selwart Clarke

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios.
Recorded March 26, 27, 28; April 4, 1968.

Label:    A&M Records – SP 3005, A&M Records – CTS-3009
Format:    
Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Monarch Pressing
Country:    US
Released:    1968
Genre:    Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/release/8519731-Nat-Adderley-You-Baby

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