Cannonball Adderley

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis · 1959

Kind of BlueKind of BlueMiles Davis · 1959 (1959) was recorded almost entirely at sight. MilesMiles Davisマイルス・デイヴィス showed musicians only the skeletal structures beforehand — no one knew what they were playing until the day. Bill EvansBill Evansビル・エヴァンス's liner notes defined how to hear the record.

— Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, Ashley Kahn, 2000

1969, NRK studio. The Cannonball AdderleyCannonball Adderleyキャノンボール・アダレイ Quintet during the Joe ZawinulJoe Zawinulジョー・ザヴィヌル years — Joe ZawinulJoe Zawinulジョー・ザヴィヌル on electric piano, with the funk vocabulary starting to seep in.

— Cannonball Adderley — Oslo 1969, 1969

Milestones

Miles Davis · 1958

Cannonball AdderleyCannonball Adderleyキャノンボール・アダレイ joined Miles DavisMiles Davisマイルス・デイヴィス's band in October 1957, forming a twin front line with Coltrane. The 1958 album MilestonesMilestonesMiles Davis · 1958 was the first studio statement from this sextet and signaled the imminent move toward modal jazz.

— So What: The Life of Miles Davis, John Szwed, 2002

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis · 1959

Cannonball AdderleyCannonball Adderleyキャノンボール・アダレイ recalled being shown Miles DavisMiles Davisマイルス・デイヴィス's sketches only on the day of the Kind of BlueKind of BlueMiles Davis · 1959 sessions. His joyous blues sensibility on 'Freddie Freeloader' and 'All Blues' provided a vivid contrast to John ColtraneJohn Coltraneジョン・コルトレーン's introspection.

— Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, Ashley Kahn, 2000

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Bill Evans · 1958

The cover of Everybody Digs Bill EvansEverybody Digs Bill EvansBill Evans · 1958 carries an endorsement from Cannonball AdderleyCannonball Adderleyキャノンボール・アダレイ: 'I dig him. He's a rare talent.' The blurb helped push the still-unknown Bill EvansBill Evansビル・エヴァンス into wider recognition.

— Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings, Peter Pettinger, 1998

The 1966 Cannonball AdderleyCannonball Adderleyキャノンボール・アダレイ hit Mercy, Mercy, Mercy was Joe ZawinulJoe Zawinulジョー・ザヴィヌル's first chart success placing the Wurlitzer at the center of a commercial record — the start of his electric-keyboard obsession.

— 'Mercy, Mercy, Mercy!': Cannonball Adderley's Hit Record, uDiscover Music, 2023