Cannonball Adderley's mega-successful album
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy!, released in August of 1966, was supposedly recorded "live" at a venue in Chicago called The Club, but it was actually recorded in the studio of Capitol Records with a specially assembled audience. For those who wonder what they really sounded like at that venue,
Money in the Pocket contains unreleased live recordings of
the Cannonball Adderley Quintet at The Club in Chicago on March 19 and 20, 1966. The only pieces officially released were edited 45-rpm single versions of "The Sticks," "Money in the Pocket," "Hear Me Talkin' to Ya," and "Cannon's Theme." This 2005 reissue restores those tracks to their original full lengths while adding "Introduction to a Samba," "Requiem for a Jazz Musician," "Fiddler on the Roof," and a nice version of "Stardust."
Cannonball employed the same excellent band as heard on the
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! album -- cornetist
Nat Adderley, keyboardist
Joe Zawinul, drummer
Roy McCurdy -- with the exception of bassist
Herbie Lewis, who replaced
Victor Gaskin. Any
Cannonball Adderley fan will want to own this. ~ Al Campbell