The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco is a 1959 album by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet.

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco
Live album by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Released	1959
Recorded	October 18 & 20, 1959 The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco
Genre	Jazz
Length	60:32 excluding alt. takes
Label	Riverside RLP 12-311
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet chronology
Cannonball Takes Charge (1959) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959) Them Dirty Blues (1960)

The groundbreaking album launched "soul jazz", according to NPR, bridging "the gap between bebop and funk".[1][2] Originally released by Riverside Records, the album has been reissued on CD several times since 1991 by Riverside and OJC. Remastered versions of the album include extended cuts of several of the songs on the original, including the retitled "(A Few Words by Cannonball...And) This Here".[3][4]

Background

The album was recorded at The Jazz Workshop in San Francisco before an appreciative standing-room only crowd.[5] The album broke new ground as a live recording taped in noisy club environments,[5] creating a formula that not only the Cannonball Quintet but other jazz ensembles would follow.[6] Producer Orrin Keepnews reflected that it "was such a phenomenal success that not only did I do a lot of such recordings afterwards, but I think that virtually all jazz producers felt that it was a good thing to do".[1] Also unusual for the time was Keepnews' decision to retain Adderley's comments to the crowd.[7]

Reception

Producer and jazz critic Orrin Keepnews described the album as "the birth of contemporary live recording"[1] and in May 1960, Time noted that the album's then 50,000 copies sold was "phenomenal for a jazz record", raising the album to the bestseller charts.[8] Music critic Scott Yanow describes the album as a "gem [...] essential for all jazz collections."[9] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "In San Francisco is a little overstretched, with four tracks nudging the 12-minute mark and some of the solos running out of steam too soon".[10]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[10]

Track listing

1. "This Here" (Bobby Timmons) – 12:29[11]
2. "Spontaneous Combustion" (Cannonball Adderley) – 11:55
3. "Hi-Fly" (Randy Weston) – 11:09
4. "You Got It!" (Cannonball Adderley) – 5:10
5. "Bohemia After Dark" (Oscar Pettiford) – 8:06
6. "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) – 11:43 (2000 Bonus Track; 2007 Bonus Track)
7. "This Here [Alternate Take]"– 11:40 (2007 Bonus Track)
8. "You Got It! [Alternate Take]" – 6:11 (2007 Bonus Track)

Personnel

• Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
• Nat Adderley – cornet
• Bobby Timmons – piano
• Sam Jones – bass
• Louis Hayes – drums

Technical personnel

• Reice Hamel – engineer
• Orrin Keepnews – producer
• Ralph J. Gleason – liner notes
• Paul Bacon – design
• Ken Braren – design
• Harris Lewine – design
• Kirk Felton – digital remastering

References