When alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley culled together this quartet, he grabbed three champions from seemingly disparate schools to complement his flinty solos: Miles Davis, the king of cool; Art Blakey, the thundering force of hard bop; Hank Jones, a veteran of swing; and Sam Jones, a versatile bassist adaptable to nearly any setting. The results are one of Blue Note's most beloved albums. The open-ended beauty of "Autumn Leaves," which features Davis beautifully stating the melody on muted trumpet, sounds like it could easily be an outtake from Kind of Blue (which it isn't). The midtempo title track provides the centerpiece of this classic as Adderley echoes Miles's swaggering melody before both unravel wonderful solos. A must-have Blue Note album. --John Murph

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. Contains the complete original album Them Dirty Blues, one of Cannonball Adderley's strongest efforts of the early 1960s. The LP features his brother Nat, as well as pianists Bobby Timmons and Barry Harris, and contains Cannonball's first versions (one with each pianist) of Nat's celebrated 'Work Song'. The complete Cannonball quintet performance at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival has been added as a bonus, including a previously unissued version of 'Del Sasser'. Them Dirty Blues and the Newport set complete all existing collaborations between Cannonball and Barry Harris.

Digitally remastered two-fer from the Jazz great containing two complete albums on one CD. This release contains the classic album Cannonball Adderley Quintet In Chicago in its entirety. The LP showcases Cannonball and John Coltrane sharing the frontline at a time when both saxophonists were members of the Miles Davis Sextet. As a bonus, Cannonball's next album Cannonball Takes Charge, presenting nearly the same personnel minus Coltrane. Poll Winners. 2010.

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Know What I Mean? was recorded between January and March 1961, with bassist Percy Heath and drummer Connie Kay supporting the saxophonist and pianist. The reissue includes three bonus tracks that are alternate takes of "Who Cares?," "Toy" (previously unreleased), and "Know What I Mean?".

"This album takes two artists who were part of the legendary, historic 1958 Miles Davis Sextet and pairs them together," says Phillips. "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 in his new liner notes for this OJC Remasters reissue, "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."