Country Preacher

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Country Preacher
Live album by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Released	December 1969 or January 1970
Recorded	October 1969
Venue	Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:39
Label	Capitol
Producer	David Axelrod
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet chronology
Accent on Africa (1968) Country Preacher (1969) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra (1970)

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Country Preacher is a live album recorded by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet in 1969.

Recorded at an unidentified church meeting of the Chicago chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Operation Breadbasket, the album spent two months in the Cash Box R&B charts in 1970.

Described by discographer and Adderley biographer Chris Sheridan as "an audible sociological record", the introduction is by the Reverend Jesse Jackson. 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.

Adderley, in his introduction to the title track, mentions fellow saxophonist Ben Branch, the director of the Operation Breadbasket Orchestra and Choir.

Track listing

Introduction by the Reverend Jesse Jackson

1. "Walk Tall" (Zawinul, Marrow, Rein) 5:03
2. "Country Preacher" (Zawinul) 4:30
3. "Hummin'" (Nat Adderley) 6:32
4. "Oh Babe" (Nat Adderley, Julian Adderley) 4:50
5. "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
6. "The Scene" (Zawinul, Nat Adderley) 2:01

Personnel

• Julian "Cannonball" Adderley - alto and soprano saxophones
• Nat Adderley - cornet and vocals on "Oh Babe"
• Joe Zawinul - keyboards
• Walter Booker - bass
• Roy McCurdy - drums

References

1. ^ "Billboard". March 14, 1970.
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ a b c d Sheridan, Chris Dis here: a bio-discography of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000 ISBN 978-0-313-30240-4
4. ^ a b 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
5. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. Review at allmusic

v t e Cannonball Adderley
Studio albums	Presenting Cannonball Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley Sophisticated Swing Cannonball Enroute Cannonball's Sharpshooters Somethin' Else Portrait of Cannonball Jump for Joy Things Are Getting Better Blue Spring Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago Cannonball Takes Charge Them Dirty Blues Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners Know What I Mean? African Waltz Plus Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley Cannonball's Bossa Nova Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof Domination Great Love Themes Accent on Africa The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra Love, Sex, and the Zodiac Inside Straight Pyramid Phenix Lovers
Live albums	The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York Cannonball in Europe! Jazz Workshop Revisited Autumn Leaves Nippon Soul Cannonball Adderley Live! Live Session! Money in the Pocket Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club" Cannonball in Japan Radio Nights 74 Miles Away Why Am I Treated So Bad! In Person Country Preacher The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free The Happy People The Black Messiah Music You All
Compilations	Discoveries The Japanese Concerts
Songs	"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"
Related articles	Discography

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