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| | Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club' | | | Music Artist : | | Cannonball Adderley Quintet | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Blue Note Records | | Release Date : | | 1995-07-03 | | Store Price : | | $11.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Fun
2. Games
3. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
4. Sticks - Cannonball Adderley
5. Hippodelphia
6. Sack O' Woe
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 If you like crown noise, this is your cd
Submitted on: 2009-04-08 |
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| As noted in the main review, this album is not live, but crowd like noise is provided by a group of pals who seem to have been encouraged to perform along with with musicians, all the way through the music. I bought the MP3 single "Mercy Mercy Mercy" in anticipation of getting the full CD but when the crowd never shut up, decided to forget it.If you are considering the album, I would suggest you try the MP3 of your favorite song and see if you are are happier than I am. Crowd noise is only good when you are also full of beer, and even then, only good the first time.This group not only yells and claps after every good bit, but they know the tunes and crank up the noise when a good bit is coming. In a real "live" club, they would tossed out or the start of many fights. They should have been tossed out of this CD. |
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 Not Cannonball's best, but a nice album
Submitted on: 2009-02-16 |
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Discussion of this album tends to be dominated by the title track, which was a hit single. It's a nice, catchy tune (probably closer to instrumental R&B than jazz for the genre-obsessed) but highly unrepresentative of the rest of the album, which is an excellent snapshot of mainstream mid-60s jazz.
Some critics accuse Cannonball of "selling out" and "commercializing" his music, and yeah, you can hear the influence of popular music here. But there's absolutely no compromise in the integrity of the music, and Cannonball's playing is actually more edgy and adventurous than on his earlier bebop recordings. Listen to "Games", a fairly innocuous soul jazz tune, where Cannonball plays some fairly avant-garde stuff.
The best material on here is on "Sticks" (one of Cannonball's best tunes) and "Sack'o'Woe". The latter is an interesting contrast to the classic 1960 version with Victor Feldman; this one has less of the driving swing rhythm but is much, much funkier. "Fun" is relatively adventurous post-bop and "Hippodelphia" is one of Zawinul's best straight-ahead tunes.
If you like this one, I would also check out "Money in the Pocket" and "Why Am I Treated So Bad". |
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 Adderleys OWN
Submitted on: 2008-04-03 |
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I love this CD, especially tracks 3 and 4 (which flow from one to another live). Track 4, "That's called The Sticks, ladies and gentlemen, The Sticks, thank you.", has the coolest solo hand-off ever. The trumpet wraps his solo up with some double-tonguing that is truly amazing... until the saxophone picks up right there with even faster. Wow.
I grew up listening to this album on vinyl. |
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MERCY
Submitted on: 2008-02-13 |
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| IF YOU BUY THIS CD, ALONG WITH SOMETHIN' ELSE, YOU PROBALBY HAVE THE BEST RECORDED WORKS OF CANNONBALL ADDERLY, WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF "CLEANHEAD AND CANNONBALL", WITH EDDIE CLEANHEAD VINSON. THIS ALBUM COOKS WITH POST-BOP BLUES, AS WELL AS THE QUINTESSESNTIAL CANNONBALL ADDERLY RECORDING MERCY, MERCY, MERCY, WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY KEYBOARDIST JOE ZAWINUL (MAY HE REST IN PEACE). THIS IS A GREAT 1960'S JAZZ RECORDING (ONE OF THE FEW ACTUALLY NOT ON BLUE NOTE RECORDS). GREAT BAND, GREAT RECORDING, GREAT SOUNDS. BUT NOT A REAL "LIVE" ALBUM...... |
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Brilliant
Submitted on: 2007-02-17 |
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| I Remember Bird, Leonard Feather's tribute to Charlie Parker, is one of my all time favorite jazz pieces. Cannonball and his brother Nate play it superbly. It's an unforgettable performance. |
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