Phenix (album)


Phenix is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded in 1975 at the Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California, featuring performances by Adderley's Quintet with Nat Adderley, keyboardist Michael Wolff, bassist Walter Booker and drummer Roy McCurdy with guest percussionist Airto Moreira and past Quintet members keyboardist George Duke, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Louis Hayes guesting on select tracks. The program essentially consists of energetic new arrangements of the Quintet's best known pieces from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, including Nat Adderley's “Work Song”.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and states: "Adderley's next-to-last recording was ironically a retrospective.... A recommended set with plenty of excellent music, it serves as a fine overview of Cannonball Adderley's career."

Track listing

All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated
  1. "Hi-Fly" - 6:04
  2. "Work Song" - 6:28
  3. "Sack O' Woe" - 5:06
  4. "Jive Samba" - 5:19
  5. "This Here" - 7:12
  6. "The Sidewalks of New York" - 5:37
  7. "Hamba Nami" - 5:24
  8. "Domination" - 6:55
  9. "74 Miles Away" - 5:58
  10. "Country Preacher" - 4:26
  11. "Stars Fell on Alabama" - 5:48
  12. "Walk Tall/Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" - 7:28

Personnel