Cannonball Adderley - Know What I Mean? (2010) {Analogue Productions 45rpm 180g} 24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip plus Redbook CD Version

is a 1961 album by jazz musician Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, accompanied by Bill Evans and the rhythm section of the Modern Jazz Quartet (bassist Percy Heath and drummer Connie Kay). It was originally released on the Riverside label as RLP-433. Barely noticeable on the album cover is a small picture of Bill Evans, directly underneath the sculpture to Adderley's right. This album takes two artists who were part of the legendary, historic 1958 Miles Davis Sextet and pairs them together. The modal approach that Evans was pioneering in the context of that 1958 group reveals itself in some of the material that he and Cannonball are playing on this album. Orrin Keepnews, who produced the original recording sessions, writes "One of the many advantages of working with a man like Julian Adderley was that he was totally stubborn about pursuing an idea he believed in. And, quite simply, he thoroughly believed in the validity of an album based on his moving very much in a Bill Evans-influenced direction." In his liner notes to the original recording, Joe Goldberg observes that while not all of the selections are ballads, an "aura of relaxation" permeates the recording. "In this instance it can be recognized as simply a matter of four highly skilled artists away from their usual tasks and delighting in one another's musical company," he says. "Nothing more really need be said about the results of their meeting than that the feeling of delight comes through."

Track listing

Side One

1. "Waltz For Debby" (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) - 5:15
2. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 6:15

Side Two

1. "Who Cares? (Take 5)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:57
2. "Venice" (John Lewis) - 2:55

Side Three

1. "Toy" (Clifford Jordan) - 5:09
2. "Elsa" (Earl Zindars) - 5:52

Side Four

1. "Nancy (With The Laughing Face)" (Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:08
2. "Know What I Mean? (Re-take 7)" (Bill Evans) - 4:54

Released 1961
Recorded January 27, February 21 and March 13, 1961 at Bell Sound Studios, New York
Genre Jazz
Length 40:25
Label Riverside/Analogue Productions
Producer Orrin Keepnews

Personnel

* Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone, leader
* Bill Evans - piano
* Percy Heath - bass
* Connie Kay - drums







The Bill Evans Riverside Recordings box set includes:

Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Explorations
Portrait In Jazz
At Shelly's Manne-Hole, Hollywood
How My Heart Sings!
Interplay
Moonbeams
Waltz For Debby
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Know What I Mean?
New Jazz Conceptions