Know What I Mean?

by Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans

Overview

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. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	03/01/2024
Label:	Concord / Craft Recordings
UPC:	0888072555433
Rank:	1076

Tracks

1. Waltz For Debby
2. Goodbye
3. Who Cares? [Take 5]
4. Venice
5. Toy
6. Elsa
7. Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
8. Know What I Mean? [Re-Take 7]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Cannonball Adderley   Primary Artist,Sax (Alto)
Bill Evans   Primary Artist,Piano
Bill Evans Trio   Primary Artist
Connie Kay   Guest Artist,Drums
Percy Heath   Guest Artist,Bass

Technical Credits

Alan Yoshida   Mastering
Ken Deardoff   Design,Cover Design
Shigeo Miyamoto   Mastering Engineer
Earl Zindars   Composer
Gordon Jenkins   Composer
Orrin Keepnews   Liner Notes,Producer
Gene Lees   Composer
Joe Goldberg   Liner Notes
Bill Evans   Composer,Composer
David Luke   Digital Remastering
Akira Taguchi   Mastering Supervisor
Cannonball Adderley   Performer
John Lewis   Composer
Phil Silvers   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Silvers   Composer
Bill Stoddard   Engineer
Steve Hoffman   Liner Notes,Mastering
Steve Schapiro   Photography
Clifford Jordan   Composer