Country preacher
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October 1969 |
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| Label (s) | Capitol Records | |||
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Country Preacher - "Live" at Operation Breadbasket is a live recording of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet from the fall of 1969. The jazz album was recorded during a charity event for Operation Breadbasket in an unidentified church in Chicago . Funding for the event, led by Baptist minister Jesse Jackson, was used to fund the Southern Christian Leadership Conference .
background
In the Operation Breadbasket ( "Operation Donation basket"), headquartered in Chicago it was - according to the original liner notes by Julian Cannonball Adderley - to the economic arm of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference . Breadbasket's task was to raise funds for the activities of the civil rights movement in the southern states in the emancipated and better-off north of the USA . Martin Luther King appointed black civil rights activist Jesse Jackson to head Breadbasket .
The visits to the Saturday services of Operation Breadbasket inspired Joe Zawinul to write the composition Country Preacher , which is explicitly dedicated to Jesse Jackson. From this the idea for the album of the same name finally developed.
Cannonball Adderley cites Jesse Jackson's introduction and leader-response passage as examples of "a certain amount of soul" that characterizes the typical meetings of Operation Breadbasket. Adderley closes with an invitation to see one of these meetings for yourself.
Miles Davis mentions the album explicitly in his autobiography. The sound of Joe Zawinul's electric piano on Country Preacher inspired him - along with other contemporary rock and jazz records - on his album Bitches Brew . At the same time, the collaboration between Zawinul and Miles intensified.
Background of individual titles
Walk Tall
The very soulful piece is preceded by the introduction by Baptist preacher Jesse Jackson, which resembles an encouraging sermon and culminates in the repeated request: “Walk tall! (Walk (t) upright!) “This is the beginning of the song of the same name from the pen of Joe Zawinul, which is carried by the sound of his innovative electric piano.
Walk Tall has become a classic for the band and was later recorded a second time by Cannonball Adderley. It can also be found on the Blue Note sampler Say It Loud! Brotherhood, Pride & Groove on Blue Note .
Country preacher
The title track Country Preacher (country preacher) refers to Jesse Jackson, who saw himself as a "Country Preacher" and called himself. In the introduction to the title, Cannonball Adderley explains: "Our leader has been a strong influence on his friends that happen to be the members of our group." In particular, "Brother" Joe Zawinul is very impressed by Operation Breadbasket and its leader Jesse Jackson to which he dedicates the following composition. The soulful piece is pervaded by loud, spontaneous reactions from the audience.
The scene
The short end piece consists of two parts. In the first part, Jesse Jackson delivers a two-way leader-response episode with those present ; he says and the audience repeats him: “We shall overcome! Deep down in our hearts we do believe: We shall overcome! “The following second part consists of the music by Joe Zawinul as well as some farewell words and the introduction of the band by Cannonball Adderley.
Track list
- page A
Introduction by Rev. Jesse Jackson
- Walk Tall ( Joe Zawinul ; Queen Esther Marrow ; Jim Rein) 5:03
- Country Preacher (Joe Zawinul) 4:30
- Hummin ' ( Nat Adderley ) 6:32
- Oh Babe (Nat Adderley; Julian Adderley) 4:50
- Side B
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Afro-Spanish Omlet
a. Umbakwen (Nat Adderley) 4:30
b. Soli Tomba ( Walter Booker ) 3:03
c. Oiga (Joe Zawinul) 4:23
d. Marabi (Julian Adderley) 3:47 - The Scene (Joe Zawinul; Nat Adderley) 2:01
production
- Production: David Axelrod
- Reissue production: Michael Cuscuna
- Reissue design: Patrick Roques
reception
Andrew Hamilton awarded the album three (out of five) stars in Allmusic .
Rolling Stone magazine voted the album 54th on its list of The 100 Best Jazz Albums in 2013 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Julian Cannonball Adderley, Original Liner Notes , CD version (SKAO-404), Capitol Records, 1994.
- ^ Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe : Die Autobiographie , Munich 2002, p. 403; Strangely enough, he calls the album "Country Joe and the Preacher" in his book.
- ↑ Review of Andrew Hamilton's album at Allmusic . Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ↑ Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Jazz Albums . Retrieved November 16, 2016.