Bohemia after Dark (Album review) Cannonball Adderley (1955)

 Cannonball Adderley

• Label : Savoy Jazz
• Orig Year :  1955
• CD Universe Part number : 5588877
• Catalog number: 17166
• Release Date: Feb 11, 2003
• Studio/Live : Studio
• Mono/Stereo : Mono
• Additional Info Bonus Tracks; Remastered

 

Review

Savoy Jazz reissues are always unpredictable and this CD by Cannonball Adderley is no exception. This music has appeared on earlier CDs, including Discoveries and The Summer of ‘55, though the ever-changing total times for each track and mysteriously switching take-numbers make one wonder whether or not to keep earlier editions. In any case, valuable music by Cannonball and brother Nat Adderley (on cornet) is present, including a strong cover of Oscar Pettiford’s “Bohemia After Dark,” a barely disguised reworking of “Sweet Georgia Brown” (“With Apologies to Oscar”) and the leader’s catchy “Caribbean Cutie.” The Adderley brothers, who were making their major league jazz debut in the studio, hit one out of the park with their potent performances. The supporting cast is a good one, with Donald Byrd, Kenny Clarke, Jerome Richardson, Paul Chambers and either Horace Silver or Hank Jones on piano. If one does not already own the double-disc set The Summer of ‘55, this CD can be considered essential for any bop fan. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Bohemia After Dark	Oscar Pettiford	Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Clarke	(6:05)
Chasm	Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley	Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Clarke	(4:22)
Willow Weep for Me	Ann Ronell	Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Clarke	(6:22)
Late Entry	Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley	Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Clarke	(3:15)
Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya	Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley	Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Clarke	(9:12)
With Apologies to Oscar	Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley	Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Clarke	(5:43)
We’ll Be Together Again	Frankie Laine, Carl Fischer	Cannonball Adderley	(6:56)
Caribbean Cutie [Take 1][Alternate Take][*]	Cannonball Adderley	Cannonball Adderley	(5:16)

Credits

Cannonball Adderley (Sax (Alto)), Nat Adderley (Cornet), Hank Jones (Piano), Jerome Richardson (Flute), Jerome Richardson (Sax (Tenor)), Horace Silver (Piano), Steve Backer (Executive Producer), Donald Byrd(Trumpet), Ozzie Cadena (Original Session Producer), Paul Chambers (Bass), Kenny Clarke (Drums), David Alan Kogut (Art Direction), Dan Marx (Series Producer), Paul Reid III (Mastering), Paul Reid III (Reissue Engineer), Lew Herman Smythe (Liner Notes)

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet – Norman Granz’ Jazz At The Philharmonic: Paris, 1960l Adderley Quintet, The – Norman Granz’ Jazz At The Philharmonic: Paris, 1960 (Bohemia after Dark)

• Label: Pablo Records

• Catalog#: PACD-5303-2
• Format CD, Album
• Country US
• Released 1997

 Credits

• Bass - Sam Jones 
• Cornet - Nat Adderley 
• Drums - Louis Hayes 
• Piano - Victor Feldman 
• Producer - Norman Granz 
• Saxophone [Alto] - Cannonball Adderley

Notes : Recorded at Salle, Paris on Nov. 25, 1960. Previously unreleased. 
Total playing time: 56:46

Songs:

 

• Introduction by Norman Granz
• Jeannine
• Dis Here
• Blue Daniel
• The Chant
• Bohemia after Dark
• Work Song

Oscar Pettiford Bio

 

• Born: September 30, 1922, Okmulgee, OK
  

  Oscar Pettiford

   

   

• Died: September 08, 1960, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Active: ’40s, ’50s
• Instrument: Bass, Cello
• Representative Albums: “Deep Passion,” “Vienna Blues: The Complete Sessions,” “The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet”
• Representative Songs: “Bohemia After Dark,” “Little Niles,” “Laverne Walk”

Biography

Oscar Pettiford was (along with Charles Mingus) the top bassist of the 1945-1960 period, and the successor to the late Jimmy Blanton. In addition, he was the first major jazz soloist on the cello.

 

A bop pioneer, it would have been very interesting to hear what Pettiford would have done during the avant-garde ’60s if he had not died unexpectedly in 1960. After starting on piano, Pettiford switched to bass when he was 14 and played in a family band.

 

He played with Charlie Barnet’s band in 1942 as one of two bassists (the other was Chubby Jackson) and then hit the big time in 1943, participating on Coleman Hawkins’ famous “The Man I Love” session; he also recorded with Earl Hines and Ben Webster during this period. Pettiford co-led an early bop group with Dizzy Gillespie in 1944, and in 1945 went with Coleman Hawkins to the West Coast, appearing on one song in the film The Crimson Canary with Hawkins and Howard McGhee. Pettiford was part of Duke Ellington’s orchestra during much of 1945-1948 (fulfilling his role as the next step beyond Jimmy Blanton), and worked with Woody Hermanin 1949.

 

Throughout the 1950s, he mostly worked as a leader (on bass and occasional cello), although he appeared on many records both as a sideman and a leader, including with Thelonious Monk in 1955-1956. After going to Europe in 1958, he settled in Copenhagen where he worked with local musicians, plus Stan Getz, Bud Powell, and Kenny Clarke. Among Pettiford’s better-known compositions are “Tricotism,” “Laverne Walk,” “Bohemia After Dark,” and “Swingin’ Till the Girls Come Home.” ~ Scott Yanow.

Phil Woods and Eric Doney Bohemia After Dark