African Waltz | ||||
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Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | February 28, May 9 & 15, 1961 | |||
Studio | Plaza Sound (New York City) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 35:04 | |||
Label | Riverside | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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African Waltz is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, released on the Riverside label and performed by Adderley with an orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins.[1] The title track had been a UK hit single for Johnny Dankworth.
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album three stars and states: "The music on this CD reissue is better than it should be. Cannonball Adderley had a fluke hit with 'African Waltz' so a full album was recorded with the hope of coming up with additional hits... There is some strong material on the set (including 'West Coast Blues', 'Stockholm Sweetnin' ' and a remake of 'This Here') but the results are not too substantial and this was not that big a seller; it is still a reasonably enjoyable effort".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album three stars stating "'A departure from and an extension of what the Adderleys were doing in their small groups. Ernie Wilkins arranges a set of full-bodied top-heavy charts which Adderley has to jostle with to create their own space, and the music's worth hearing for its Sheer Brashness and impact".[3]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
DownBeat | [4] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
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