LLANDUDNO JAZZ FESTIVAL

The quintet has been running around five years, dedicated to re-creating the sound of the great Cannonball Adderley Quintet of the late 50s and 60s, using faithful transcriptions of the original recordings.

The Music

The set spans the period 1955 – 1967, incorporating not only well-trodden classics like Work Song and Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, but also real gems like Del Sasser (Sam Jones), Jeannine (Duke Pearson), Jubilation (Junior Mance) and Cannonball’s own Teaneck. Bobby Timmons’ fabulous Gospel-tinged originals This Here and Dat Dere also feature with breakneck versions of I’ll Remember April and Nat Adderley ‘s Spectacular raising the temperature even further. Joe Zawinul’s hauntingly poetic Yvette, from the 1967 album ‘Why Am I Treated So Bad’, provides a more thoughtful and moving interlude. 

‘Amazing material, extremely well played…the whole presentation of the concert is superb with announcements that are both informative and entertaining …’ Tony Dudley-Evans