Work Song: Live at Sweet Basil is a live album by Nat Adderley's Quintet recorded at the Sweet Basil Jazz Club in 1990 and original released on the Sweet Basil label.[1]

Work Song: Live at Sweet Basil
Live album by Nat Adderley Sextet
Released	1993
Recorded	May 12–13, 1990
Venue	Sweet Basil, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:37
Label	Sweet Basil 7312-2
Producer	Horst Liepolt and Shigeyuki Kawashima
Nat Adderley chronology
Autumn Leaves (1990) Work Song: Live at Sweet Basil (1993) Talkin' About You (1990)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]
AllMusic	[3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz states the set "'has some of the energy of its illustrous namesake, though the title track has its rough spots ... A thoroughly satisfying disc ".[2]

Track listing

1. "Work Song" (Nat Adderley) – 10:42
2. "High Fly" (Randy Weston) – 13:05
3. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington) – 10:51
4. "Jive Samba" (Adderley) – 10:59

Personnel

• Nat Adderley – cornet
• Sonny Fortune, Vincent Herring – alto saxophone
• Rob Bargad – piano
• Walter Booker – bass
• Jimmy Cobb – drums

References