Country Preacher
| Country Preacher | ||||
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| Live album by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet | ||||
| Released | December 1969 or January 1970[1] | |||
| Recorded | October 1969 | |||
| Venue | Chicago | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:39 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | David Axelrod | |||
| The Cannonball Adderley Quintet chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Country Preacher is a live album recorded by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet in 1969.
Overview
[edit]Recorded at an unidentified church meeting of the Chicago chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Operation Breadbasket,[3] the album spent two months in the Cash Box R&B charts in 1970.[4]
Described by discographer and Adderley biographer Chris Sheridan as "an audible sociological record",[3] the introduction is by the Reverend Jesse Jackson.[5] The liner notes, written by Adderley, give some background to Operation Breadbasket and the Country Preacher.
The album is the first with bassist Booker as a member of the Quintet.[3]
Adderley, in his introduction to the title track, mentions fellow saxophonist Ben Branch, the director of the Operation Breadbasket Orchestra and Choir.[4]
The album reached No. 136 on the Billboard Top LPs during a twenty two-week run on the chart in 1970.[6]
Track listing
[edit]Introduction by the Reverend Jesse Jackson
- "Walk Tall" (Zawinul, Marrow, Rein) 5:03
- "Country Preacher" (Zawinul) 4:30
- "Hummin'" (Nat Adderley) 6:32
- "Oh Babe" (Nat Adderley, Julian Adderley) 4:50
- "Afro-Spanish Omlet"
a. Umbakwen (Nat Adderley) 4:30
b. Soli Tomba (W. Booker) 3:03
c. Oiga (Joe Zawinul) 4:23
d. Marabi (Julian Adderley) 3:47 - "The Scene" (Zawinul, Nat Adderley) 2:01
Personnel
[edit]- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley - alto and soprano saxophones
- Nat Adderley - cornet and vocals on "Oh Babe"[3]
- Joe Zawinul - keyboards
- Walter Booker - bass
- Roy McCurdy - drums
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Top LPs[6] | 136 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Billboard". March 14, 1970.
- ↑ Allmusic review
- 1 2 3 4 Sheridan, Chris Dis here: a bio-discography of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000 ISBN 978-0-313-30240-4
- 1 2 Thomas, Lorenzo & Lynn Nielsen, Aldon Don't deny my name: words and music and the black intellectual tradition University of Michigan Press, 2008 ISBN 0-472-06892-X, 9780472068920
- ↑ Hamilton, Andrew. Review at allmusic
- 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 8. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
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