Know What I Mean? by Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans - DeepRiffs

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What's better than a Bill Evans Trio album? How about a Bill Evans trio album on which the bassist is Percy Heath, the drummer is Connie Kay, and the leader is not Evans but alto sax god Cannonball Adderley, making the group actually a quartet? It's a different sort of ensemble, to be sure, and the musical results are marvelous. Adderley's playing on "Waltz for Debby" is both muscular and sensitive, as it is on the other Evans composition here, a modal ballad called "Know What I Mean?" Other treats include the sprightly "Toy" and two takes of the Gershwin classic "Who Cares?" The focus here is, of course, on Adderley's excellent post-bop stylings, but it's also interesting to hear Evans playing with a rhythm section as staid and conservative as Kay and Heath (both charter members of the Modern Jazz Quartet). It's hard to imagine any fan of mainstream jazz not finding much to love on this very fine recording.
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1. Waltz For Debby

by Cannonball Adderley

Primary Artist: Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Main Performer
Double Bass: Percy Heath; Performer
Drums: Connie Kay; Performer
Performer: Connie Kay
Percy Heath
Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Piano: Bill Evans; Performer
Saxophone: Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Composer: Bill Evans
Gene Lees; Composer
Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Recording: Bill Stoddard; Production
Studio Personnel: Bill Stoddard; Production
Composer Lyricist: Gene Lees
Bill Evans; Other

2. Goodbye

Primary Artist: Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Main Performer
Double Bass: Percy Heath; Performer
Drums: Connie Kay; Performer
Performer: Connie Kay
Percy Heath
Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Piano: Bill Evans; Performer
Saxophone: Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Composer: Gordon Jenkins; Composer
Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Recording: Bill Stoddard; Production
Studio Personnel: Bill Stoddard; Production
Composer Lyricist: Gordon Jenkins; Other

3. Who Cares?

Primary Artist: Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Main Performer
Double Bass: Percy Heath; Performer
Drums: Connie Kay; Performer
Performer: Connie Kay
Percy Heath
Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Piano: Bill Evans; Performer
Saxophone: Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Composer: George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin; Composer
Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Recording: Bill Stoddard; Production
Studio Personnel: Bill Stoddard; Production
Composer Lyricist: George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin; Other

4. Who Cares?

Primary Artist: Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Main Performer
Double Bass: Percy Heath; Performer
Drums: Connie Kay; Performer
Performer: Connie Kay
Percy Heath
Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Piano: Bill Evans; Performer
Saxophone: Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Composer: George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin; Composer
Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Recording: Bill Stoddard; Production
Studio Personnel: Bill Stoddard; Production
Composer Lyricist: George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin; Other

5. Venice

by Cannonball Adderley

Primary Artist: Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Main Performer
Double Bass: Percy Heath; Performer
Drums: Connie Kay; Performer
Performer: Connie Kay
Percy Heath
Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Piano: Bill Evans; Performer
Saxophone: Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Composer: John Lewis; Composer
Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Recording: Bill Stoddard; Production
Studio Personnel: Bill Stoddard; Production
Composer Lyricist: John Lewis; Other

6. Toy

by Cannonball Adderley

Primary Artist: Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Main Performer
Double Bass: Percy Heath; Performer
Drums: Connie Kay; Performer
Performer: Connie Kay
Percy Heath
Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Piano: Bill Evans; Performer
Saxophone: Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Composer: Clifford Jordan; Composer
Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Recording: Bill Stoddard; Production
Studio Personnel: Bill Stoddard; Production
Composer Lyricist: Clifford Jordan; Other

7. Elsa

by Cannonball Adderley

Primary Artist: Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Main Performer
Double Bass: Percy Heath; Performer
Drums: Connie Kay; Performer
Performer: Connie Kay
Percy Heath
Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Piano: Bill Evans; Performer
Saxophone: Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Composer: Earl Zindars; Composer
Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Recording: Bill Stoddard; Production
Studio Personnel: Bill Stoddard; Production
Composer Lyricist: Earl Zindars; Other

8. Nancy (With The Laughing Face)

by Cannonball Adderley

Primary Artist: Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Main Performer
Double Bass: Percy Heath; Performer
Drums: Connie Kay; Performer
Performer: Connie Kay
Percy Heath
Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Piano: Bill Evans; Performer
Saxophone: Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen
Phil Silvers; Composer
Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Recording: Bill Stoddard; Production
Studio Personnel: Bill Stoddard; Production
Composer Lyricist: Phil Silvers
Jimmy Van Heusen; Other

9. Know What I Mean?

by Cannonball Adderley

Primary Artist: Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Main Performer
Bass ( Vocal): Percy Heath; Performer
Drums: Connie Kay; Performer
Performer: Connie Kay
Percy Heath
Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Piano: Bill Evans; Performer
Saxophone: Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Composer: Bill Evans; Composer
Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Recording: Bill Stoddard; Production
Studio Personnel: Bill Stoddard; Production
Composer Lyricist: Bill Evans; Other

10. Know What I Mean?

by Cannonball Adderley

Primary Artist: Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Main Performer
Bass ( Vocal): Percy Heath; Performer
Drums: Connie Kay; Performer
Performer: Connie Kay
Percy Heath
Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Piano: Bill Evans; Performer
Saxophone: Cannonball Adderley; Performer
Composer: Bill Evans; Composer
Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Recording: Bill Stoddard; Production
Studio Personnel: Bill Stoddard; Production
Composer Lyricist: Bill Evans; Other