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Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club' | 
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| Artist: Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 16099
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 29915
UPC: 724382991526
EAN: 0724382991526
ASIN: B000005GY5
Release Date: July 3, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Fun | | • | Games | | • | Mercy, Mercy, Mercy | | • | Sticks | | • | Hippodelphia | | • | Sack O' Woe |
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Amazon.com
"Live at 'The Club'" boasts the cover of this 1966 album. Of course, this turned out to be a lie, as did the entirety of the original liner notes. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy was not recorded at that Chicago venue, but instead at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles. (The ruse was a favor to the club owner.) The hollering audience was comprised of invited guests and stimulated by free booze. Still, their enthusiasm is definitely well warranted, as alto man Cannonball Adderley and his band offer a riveting blend of postbop calisthenics and soul-jazz grooves. Joe Zawinul's famous title track, with its hypnotic, gospel-drenched funkiness, was a crossover top 10 pop hit, as well as an astonishing exercise in restraint for Zawinul, who somehow resists the urge to dig in on his electric piano, instead opting for a deep, mellow mood. The rest of the album cooks, with Cannonball, brother Nat on cornet, and Zawinul supplying the heat. --Marc Greilsamer
Album Description
Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone), Nat Adderley (cornet), Joe Zawinul (piano), Victor Gaskin (bass), Roy McCurdy (drums).
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
Adderleys OWN April 3, 2008
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.
MERCY February 13, 2008
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......
Brilliant February 17, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
 Good fun June 4, 2006
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Performed in front of a studio crowd plyed with free drinks, Cannonball and company (Nat, Joe Zawinul, Victor Gaskin & Roy McCurdy) play six funky songs. First Cannonball speaks to the crowd, then the band gets in the groove. The groove is a strength and weakness of the album, with the exception of the title track, the songs don't stand out very strongly from each other. The title track has the most interesting songwriting, though the fact that it was a crossover hit surprises me. It's very good, though. The playing is all top-notch, too.
One of my best cds December 30, 2005
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The title track "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy," alone, is enough reason to buy this album. This recording captures the electricity of this particular show to the extent that the listener may at points truly get a feeling like they're sitting in the room with the band.
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