Sophisticated Swing

Sophisticated Swing
Studio album by Cannonball Adderley
Released	1957
Recorded	February 6, 8 & 11, 1957
Studio	Capitol (New York City)
Genre	Jazz
Label	EmArcy
Cannonball Adderley chronology
In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley (1956) Sophisticated Swing (1957) Cannonball Enroute (1957)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

Sophisticated Swing is the fifth album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, and his fourth released on the EmArcy label, featuring performances with Nat Adderley, Junior Mance, Sam Jones and Jimmy Cobb.^[3] The front cover photograph was by Chuck Stewart taken at the Ulysses S. Grant Monument, Chicago, Illinois.^[4]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and states "The music is quite bop-oriented, bluesy but not as soulful as it would be when Cannonball put together a new group in 1959".^[5]

Track listing

1. "Another Kind of Soul" (Nat Adderley) - 3:41
2. "Miss Jackie's Delight" (Gene Wright) - 6:13
3. "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:47
4. "Tribute to Brownie" (Duke Pearson) - 3:32
5. "Spectacular" (Sam Jones) - 3:56
6. "Jeanie" (Jones) - 3:28
7. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young) - 3:17
8. "Edie McLin" (Wright) - 5:21
9. "Cobbweb" (Wright) - 2:41

• Recorded at Capitol Studios in New York City on February 6 (tracks 2, 4-5 & 9), February 8 (track 6) and February 11 (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 8), 1957

Personnel

• Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
• Nat Adderley – cornet
• Junior Mance - piano
• Sam Jones - bass
• Jimmy Cobb - drums

References

1. "Sophisticated Swing - Cannonball Adderley | AllMusic". allmusic.com. 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
3. Cannonball Adderley discography accessed 14 October 2009
4. "Musical Maps".
5. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 14 October 2009