Somethin' Else | 
| Artist: Cannonball Adderley
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 544
Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 95329
UPC: 724349532922
EAN: 0724349532922
ASIN: B00000I41J
Release Date: March 9, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Autumn Leaves | | • | Love for Sale - Cannonball Adderley, Porter, Cole | | • | Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley, Davis, Miles | | • | One for Daddy-O - Cannonball Adderley, Adderley, Nat | | • | Dancing in the Dark - Cannonball Adderley, Dietz, Howard | | • | Bangoon - Cannonball Adderley, Jones, Hank |
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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
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Simply one of the all time greats... November 27, 2000
74 out of 75 found this review helpful
Cut in 1958 for the Blue Note Lable, Somethin' Else is one of the all time great jazz albums. The personnel features Cannonball on alto, Miles Davis on Trumpet, Hank Jones on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and the great Art Blakey on drums. It may say Cannonball Adderly on the album cover, and have Miles Davis listed as a sideman, but this has the feel of a Miles Davis album all the way. The selection of material and the musician's laid back approach, tempered by the contrast of Mile's simmering mute with an expressive firey second horn, here the exuberant Adderley, are trademarks from this era of Davis' career. Regardless of who led the session, it is one any fan of jazz simply must have. It is one of those rare albums that is immediately accessable, and you can tell you will be listening to repeatedly from the first note. Every track's performance is a highlight, but Cannonball's playing is particularly inspired, especially his soulful blues soaked soloing on Dancing in the dark, and boppish flight on One For Daddy-O. Miles is dramatic, soulful, vulnerable, and sultry all at once. His muted playing on the first two tracks is simply sumptuous, with his open horn solo on One For Daddy-O and his "call and response" exchange with Adderley at the end of the title track being truly inspired. Hank Jones contributes a flawless hard swinging piano. Taking every note he is given and making it count, Hank makes his accompaniment as well as his solos sound as if he is playing them the only way they possibly could be. Art Blakey and the underrated Sam Jones are water tight in support, with Blakey unusually restrained throughout the album, his only solo space on the album's final track. At the end of One For Daddy-O we hear a puckish Miles ask producer Alfred Lion, "Is that what you wanted, Alfred?", and then some I'll wager. This is an album that will appeal to the jazz novice and the aficionado alike, if you do not have it, buy it, you won't be dissappointed.
This quintet of jazz greats truely was "Something Else!" October 26, 2000
historyone (Republic of Texas, USA)
37 out of 41 found this review helpful
One of the best recordings in Jazz's long history was made when five of the premire musicians of Jazz, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly, Art Blakey, and the other greats got together for this landmark recording. From the first song "Autumn Leaves" to the last song "Bangoon", each and every song on this showcases the brilliant musicianship and uniqueness that this quintet had. Miles Davis on his unique and brilliant Trumpet, Cannonball Adderly on the Sax, and Art Blakey on the Drums, as well as the other greats on this show their fantastic style excellently. This timeframe of Jazz (mid 1950's to early 1960's) produced some of the absolute best recordings that Jazz ever offered. Something Else is a perfect way to introduce a person who never listened to Jazz to the fantastic, complex sound of the Jazz world. In my opinion, this is an album (CD) that every Jazz enthusiast MUST have in their collection, it is that brilliant and fresh and can be listened to with enjoyment over and over again. Well worth 5 stars and more!
"Allison Uncle" and "Rangoon" March 26, 2006
Anthony Sabbarese (Brooklyn, NY USA)
29 out of 30 found this review helpful
There are a few reissues of this absolutely great Cannonball Adderley recording. The first five cuts on all the reissues are the same 5 cuts that make up the original vinyl LP. A few of the reissued CD's have an additional sixth cut. The sixth cut was discovered by Blue Note and initially released in Japan in 1982 and given the name "Allison's Uncle" because Nat Adderley's daughter was born on the day it was recorded. Further research revealed that the mystery tune is a Hank Jones composition that the pianist recorded as "Rangoon" with the Gigi Gryce/Donald Byrd Jazz Lab quintet for a Jubilee label in August 1957. Therefore, please be advised that "Allison's Uncle" and "Rangoon" and the same exact cut, just with a different name for the same song. I got this info from the Rudy Van Gelder Edition footnotes by Bob Blumenthal. Tidbits like this are very important to me and thought it might be valuable to others as well.
Unbelievable January 22, 2000
Dong-Chul Lee (South Korea)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I am a jazz music fan in South Korea. I have much of jazz album in my CD rack. Among these collections, I have this title(Something Else) with 3 kinds of issues. The first one was issued by Toshiba EMI(Japan), the second one was by EMI(Holland) and the last one was by this RVG series. The reason why I bought this title 3 times is that I feel the fist song of this album "Autumn Leaves" is the best play among the hundreds of same songs. It is elegance, balanced, moderate improvisation itself. As you may know, this RVG series are limited edition and best sound among many versions. So, If you want to listen to the miles and cannonball's beautiful play, you'd better buy this RVG series. I checked with my system (EL34 tube amp, spendor 3/5a speaker, philips mechanism CD player). The sounds are better than previous issues.
Somethin' Else August 7, 2004
Tom B. (New Jersey)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
After hearing "Kind of Blue", I was so impressed by Cannonball that I wanted to start getting some of his own albums. All I heard was positve reviews for this wonderful masterpiece, so, of course, I picked it up and was enthralled. This album has the ability to put anyone in a happy mood. I know this because when I first bought this, I was a bit depressed, but that all went away after listening to this album and Dexter Gordon's "Go" (another Blue Note masterpiece!). I love the way Cannonball and the band (which includes Miles Davis on trumpet in one of his rare appearances as a sideman, Hank Jones on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and the incredible Art Blakey on drums) play the over-done standards "Autumn Leaves" and "Love For Sale", and make them more exciting than anyone has ever done to these gems. "Autumn Leaves" has a very laid-back, but moody feeling, while "Love For Sale" swings hard. The title track does an awesome job of showing the formidable solo talents of Cannonball and Miles, and they engage in one of the most amazing interactions in jazz history. "One For Daddy-O", written by Cannonball's brother Nat (who appears with him on many sessions featuring Cannonball's classic quintet), is the blues of the set, and the feel is just awesome. Cannonball and Miles always shined on their blues performances and this track is definitely no exception. "Dancing in the Dark" is Cannonball's individual showcase, and boy does this track haunt me! The way Cannonball handles this often-done standard has the ability to move me to tears. Finally, the track finishes with "Bangoon" a Hank Jones original that wasn't included in the original album, which provides a worthy ending for an incredible album, which is in my opinion the best album jazz has to offer!
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