Work Song

Performer: Nat Adderley
Artist: Wes Montgomery; Bobby Timmons; Percy Heath; Sam Jones; Louis Hayes
Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Orrin Keepnews (Reissue)
Distributor: Phantom Import Distributi

Notes: Personnel: Nat Adderley (cornet); Sam Jones, Keter Betts (cello, bass); Bobby Timmons (piano); Wes Montgomery (guitar); Percy Heath (bass); Louis Hayes (drums). Recorded in New York, New York on January 25 & 27, 1960. Originally released on Riverside (1167). Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews. Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1989, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Personnel: Nat Adderley (cornet); Wes Montgomery (guitar); Keter Betts, Sam Jones (cello, bass instrument); Bobby Timmons (piano); Percy Heath (bass instrument); Louis Hayes (drums). Audio Remasterer: Joe Tarantino. This CD reissue brings back a near-classic by cornetist Nat Adderley. Utilizing a cornet-cello-guitar front line (with Sam Jones and Wes Montgomery) along with a top-notch rhythm section (pianist Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath, or Keter Betts on bass and drummer Louis Hayes), Adderley performs a fine early version of his greatest hit ("Work Song") and helps introduce Cannonball Adderley's "Sack O' Woe." Four songs use a smaller group with Timmons absent on "My Heart Stood Still" (which finds Keter Betts on cello and Jones on bass), "Mean to Me" featuring Nat backed by Montgomery, Betts, and Hayes, and two ballads ("I've Got a Crush on You" and "Violets for Your Furs") interpreted by the Adderley-Montgomery-Jones trio. No matter the setting, Nat Adderley is heard throughout in peak form, playing quite lyrically. Highly recommended. ~ Scott Yanow

Down Beat (1960) - 4 Stars - Very Good - "...warm, fresh and sunny... Montgomery's playing is of the highest order...Recommended strongly..."

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