Cannonball Adderley- "Hoppin' John" (Jazz sound file with information about Cannonball Adderley)

Hoppin' John

Cannonball Adderley - Topic, May 30, 2018

[Album] Cannonball Adderley Plays Adderley

Composer: N. Adderley

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube sound file of  Cannonball Adderley's Jazz tune "Hoppin' John". 

Information about Cannonball Adderley is included in this post along with information about the tune "Hoppin John".

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Thanks to Nat Adderley for composing "Hoppin John" and thanks to Cannonball Adderley and all of the other members of his bands. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT CANNONBALL ADDERLEY
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Adderley
"Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.[2][3][4]

Adderley is remembered for his 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy",[5] written by Joe Zawinul and also a major crossover hit on the pop charts (it was covered by the Buckinghams). He worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, on his own 1958 Somethin' Else album, and on the seminal Davis records Milestones (1958) and Kind of Blue (1959). He was the elder brother of jazz trumpeter Nat Adderley, a longtime member of his band.[6]

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Songs made famous by Adderley and his bands include "This Here" (written by Bobby Timmons), "The Jive Samba", "Work Song" (written by Nat Adderley), "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (written by Joe Zawinul) and "Walk Tall" (written by Zawinul, Marrow, and Rein). A cover version of Pops Staples' "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)?" also entered the charts. His instrumental "Sack o' Woe" was arranged by Herbie Mann on their debut album."...

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORIGINAL CANNONBALL ADDERLEY ALBUM THAT INCLUDED THE TUNE "HOPPIN' JOHN"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Enroute
"Cannonball Enroute is an album by the jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, released on the Mercury label, featuring performances with Nat Adderley, Junior Mance, Sam Jones, and Jimmy Cobb.[1] The album was recorded in 1957 but would only be released in 1961.[2]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and states "Cannonball Adderley's Mercury albums (most of which, like this LP, are long out-of-print) find the youthful altoist trying to unsuccessfully keep his quintet with brother Nat together. Despite the powerful bop-oriented music they consistently recorded, the band would break up in a year, only to regroup with great success in 1959."[3]  

Track listing

All compositions by Nat Adderley except as indicated

"A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:49

"Hoppin' John" - 4:37

"18th Century Ballroom" (Nat Adderley, Ray Bryant) - 3:55

"That Funky Train" - 5:51

"Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) - 3:56

"I'll Remember April" (Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 5:33

"Porky" (Julian Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley) - 3:58

"The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 4:27

Recorded at Capitol Studios in New York City on February 7 (tracks 1-3 & 5), February 8 (tracks 7 & 8), February 11 (track 4), and March 6 (track 6), 1957.

Personnel

Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone

Nat Adderley – cornet

Junior Mance - piano

Sam Jones - bass

Jimmy Cobb - drums

Technical

Marvin Glick - album design"...

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE TERM "HOPPIN' JOHN" 
From https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/12/southern-hoppin-john-new-years-tradition.html
"The Historic Problem With Hoppin' John" written by Robert Moss, Published: December 24, 2014 Last Updated: December 22, 2020
""Hoppin' John" [is] A savory blend of rice and black-eyed peas, it's served alongside collard greens as the traditional New Year's Day meal in the South and, increasingly, in other parts of the country. Eating those two dishes will ensure prosperity in the new year, and the collards represent greenbacks and the black-eyed peas coins. Or so they say."...
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The pancocojams post https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/01/two-article-excerpts-about-hoppin-john.html contains more information about the history of the Southern African American cuisine known as "Hoppin John".

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