Cannonball Adderley Sextet- Work Song

[@mfreeman313]

This is classic hard bop. Less complex and florid than bop, but still taking advantage of the new harmonic vocabulary bop opened up. More bluesy and soulful (gospel influences were common), harder swinging, more broadly appealing to casual listeners. It was often also called "straightahead," and it's still a classic small-combo jazz sound. If someone wants me to introduce them to jazz, I'll play the Miles Live at the Blackhawk album, it's a perfect example of what made hard bop a great sound.

[@caulerpataxifolia8098]

This recording is priceless and cannot be replaced..

[@tranurse]

cannonball adderley was my husband's godfather at his christening. i know his parents attended st.michaels episcopal church in tallahassee.

[@NanBayKid1]

I met Nat when he was playing at the HURRICANE in Pas a Grille on the gulf. He was always friendly and helpful. I enjoyed talking and kidding with him for several years. One of the highlights of my music appreciation.

[@pretorious700]

I met Mr. Cannonball Adderly in San Francisco in 1974, my dopey rock band played on the same bill at a festival. I got to talk to him a while-a wonderful, friendly positive man. I love his playing-you can tell he means every note. Even though he had tremendous technique, it never got in the way of his soulful approach.

[@exjazzbassbaz]

the very classy adderley brothers.two of my alltime favorite musicians.jazz dont get any better than this from these two giants.many thanks.

[@lylecosmopolite]

This is the awesome tune that created beautiful common ground where 1950s jazz, Chicago blues, and hard rock could all meet in passionate friendship. And KZbin, Cannonball was the greatest sax player of all time.

[@nehemiahtony]

i too am 62 and started with the sax 2 years ago right now am busy learning worksong i have wanted to play sax since a teenager but would not spare myself the cost ..now i have a vision ,a dream as passionate as any i ever had before if not more ---to master the sax and make others laugh and cry when i play

[@chuckm4540]

Was there ever a more beautiful soul than Cannonball Adderley? Musician extraordinaire, scholar, historian, teacher, mentor, sage, guru, innovator.

[@trmoody36]

Absolutely Brilliant Musicianship.Cannonball owns the Alto

[@GeorgeBurrito]

Lord, those brothers work SO WELL together! I can't get enough of this quartet. Gets even better when Lateef joins in.

[@MattiusCN]

Nat - master of funk compositon Cannonball - master of jazz improvisation The perfect combination.

[@megaroper1001]

Why can't anyone play saxophone like this anymore?!?!

[@footale]

What a great jazz band... I like this sound so much, I can't help re-joicing everytime I listen to it. Thanks a lot!

[@ARTalive01]

Probably my favorite version of this piece... Sax sounds amazing!

[@ThisIsTheAlphabet]

Love it how Zawinul adds his comping and little bass grooves to his solo. Incredible interpretation of the piece!

[@jedgar6653]

2:26 wth is that note

[@footale]

Oh, this music, it gives me a real thrill everytime I listen to... beautiful!

[@MrJAZZDRUMS]

I have been listening to this band since I was in my early 20s -and I have a lotof there recordings -Man what a band -swung all the time georgeus rhythme section and Cannonball he absolutely amazes me with his fluent melodic lines never a mistake and did you know he was not only black ( bless him ) but also a Jewish fellow;what a combination for a swinging platform -

[@johnj1940]

@Ms121242 Well done, I am a 71 year old guy who bought a Cannonball Adderlly Long Playing record for 2/6d (50 cents) in 1962 and have been a fan ever since. I want the 17 minute version played when they finally put me to rest! Keep playing I am impressed!!

[@bobgreen623]

I love Cannon, his sound, his feel, his playing, so full of joyful blues, everything... not to mention his speaking voice, he sounds so wise. Beautiful. And Nat is great too!!

[@viken51]

@guayabound --Pop music junkie my whole life....where has this outrageous music been??? A whole 'nother world! Tremendous!

[@braggingrites]

Hadn't hear this since high school, brings back good memories :)

[@RonaldCid]

Merci Thank god for you tube and videos like this one....amazing to finally get to see the Adderley Brothers in full action...doing one of their classic tunes....thank you for posting this gem RC

[@holygroove2]

That's some good information about Zawinul and Harris. I was JUST looking at the Harris stuff on KZbin. I was mentored by someone who learned from Harris, and I'm STILL working on that stuff from like 5 years ago man...

[@GoldenPickaxe]

There's so many arrangements of this it's wonderful.

[@viennashade]

I have not heard you play yet, but already you have made me smile. Simply awesome. Go Tony!

[@billlarstead8019]

What an inspired ending this piece has; it just seems a perfect way to resolve all that burning energy displayed until that point. Great band w/ the added tenor, flute & oboe of the brilliant Yusef Lateef.

[@Shizi7]

He swings so hard! At the end of his solo, Cannonball is so pumped that he pulls his hands back as if the the sax is hot. He plays with so much joy, one cannot help but like what he is playing.

[@MarkRodgers]

This is truly one of the greatest performances ever on live TV. Everyone is outrageously great. I have to point out Nat's solo. If you can't feel how HOT it is, then you are dead. It literately brings tears to my eyes and I get high from it. You can't play better than that. This band was amazing !!!

[@ragtimest8]

Joe Zawinul's solo is GREAT.

[@JTurlik]

well, as I understand it, and I'm no musicologist, but bebop tended to be faster and existed mainly in small-band jazz of the 1940s & early 50s. by the mid 50s (and this video is from either late 50s or very early 60s) the tempos got a bit slower and the sound was evolving, both in harmonic structure (think coltrane, monk, mingus or eric dolphy's explorations in this time period) and also style influences (rhythm & blues, latin & brasilian music etc). at least - that's how I view it.

[@kaash83]

Man I just love playing this song on my tenor and it is just so funky man this and Whitch Hunt are the only 2 songs I remember till know atleast

[@BeatsNKarats]

That super bright tone, 8 hour practice. It still won't come with intrinsics. Top 7 sax players ever.

[@bobgreen623]

You got that right, Cannon just has so much joy and good communication in his playing. He may not be the best but he's definitely in my top one!

[@stretch54]

If you rated this less than 5 stars, you need to have your head examined. This is good as jazz gets. Beautiful music. Love seeing Joe Zawinul in his early days.

[@SvetlinAnkov]

That's how I feel music should be played. They are all so much under the rythm. And the tune itself makes me feel weak of pleasure.

[@larrybob]

Great, makes me want to check out the DVD of the show.

[@dora1ryu2]

this is my one of favorite songs... GREAT!

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

This is great stuff. Real music that moves the soul. Thank you. George Vreeland Hill

[@jojo_beans]

It's more fun for piano, with that extended piano vamping at the beginning - I love it.

[@quelneuf]

True greatness, my heart sploded.

[@Shizi7]

I recently started listening to Sonny Stitt, and I was blown away. I know that he changed to tenor to get out from under "Bird", but he played some crazy horn.

[@Makana]

Nice. Keep on rockin' that sax.

[@thaniasanz]

what a Fantastic story!!! God Bless you!

[@layoutzz]

I'm tellin' ya... this song is it. I hate to admit it, but I didn't realize how good Cannonball plays this song until I heard other people play it (including the incomparable Milt Jackson). No one (and I mean no one) plays this like Cannonball, Nat and Zawinul. They have a snap (like the snap in chain-gang song) that no one else has mastered. Yeah, this is a a badass song by some badass musicians.

[@fretbuzz59]

If you're still not convinced that's Zawinul, check out Cannonball Adderley Sextet - Jazz Stars 1963, from German TV. Same band. And at 6:30 Cannonball introduces Joe. Plus his name is there--in B&W--w/the rest of the band, on the wall of the studio set, right behind Louis Hayes!

[@gavinmccarthy]

superb. simply superb.

[@InBy9OutBy5]

You said it guayabound. Nat is really swingin' in this one. That's an amazing high note he hit just before 2:30.

[@viennashade]

Absolutely marvelous! More power to ya! I remember having a lot of fun with Take Five when I took music lessons. Thank you for being an inspiration!

[@kyotodream7135]

Those were some cool end credits

[@GrandeCapo_PallaPesante]

Fantastic video thank you very much

[@TheBenjamagic]

wonderful!!!! i'm really happy about that! I am only in 7 grade and have always dreamed of playing this song!

[@JTurlik]

@Ms121242 that is FANTASTIC!!!

[@NaraTaylor]

I would really love one too!

[@dairishsensation]

I love this song

[@parkeconejosessions]

amazing! Thanks for posting this!

[@aaron13vs]

He every day learned mor than 4 hours to do such a so good impro

[@aaron8862006]

For at least today, you make me proud to be alive.

[@mat0822]

i've played a modified version of this for my school concert... and it was awesome =)

[@RAMLIA1]

So great!!!!

[@ViperEye]

It's a king super 20 alto, in his later work and years he used a mark 6. Both have excellent reputations.

[@JTurlik]

Yusef is on this show...he sat out for Work Song for some reason. Check out the other video I posted from the same show

[@nfamoudou]

Thank you for sharing this with us, very inspiring. GOOD LUCK! and most importantly, have fun. (:

[@guitarmusic524]

Gotta love Cannonball! This is some mean playin'!!!

[@johnj1940]

@JTurlik Very impressed, my favourite track of all time. Want to 17 minute version played when I am finally put to rest. Found Cannonball Adderly by accident when I purchased for 2/6d (50 cents) a long playing record in Woolwort's sale in 1962 See me cycling to Work Song on my You Tube Site (Memories of Uxbridge wheelers). Still cycling at 71 years old!

[@valvetrom]

thank you, you play on your toes all the time

[@CaspervanEijkWanderlustTF]

this is really great

[@robertojimenez204]

I love the way cannonball enjoys his brother Nat solo

[@stubs13]

Cannonball has one of the fullest tones ever on the Alto, before I heard Cannonball I didn't even know that sound was possible

[@pianopappy]

The pianist looks like Victor Feldman (who was with the Quintet for a while), not Joe Zawinul. Google their images and see if you don't agree.

[@ValentinZopp]

pianopappy for sure this isn't Joe

[@iggypopsicle2504]

pianopappy Nope, definitely Zawinul. Zawinul's nose hooked distinctively to the left, whereas Feldman's was straight. Feldman also had a bit more hair and a rounder face. Plus, there are videos of Zawinul playing his own compositions with the Quintet around this same time period, and this is clearly the same guy.

[@elinnombrable]

Yes, JTurlik, That´s it ! Come On Boppers. Thnks for share this vid.

[@MrSax1997s]

@Ms121242 I want to be like you one day. I'm fourteen right now. I sometimes play sax for nursing homes and I see sad sad people that hear me playing and smile. I say "it's never too late." They say "it is for me." We need more people like you

[@ViperEye]

I think that involving the audience with his music and speaking a lot about it contributed to his reputation, like he did on that well known recording of "Mercy, mercy, mercy." And tromboneGuy, you're right about Nat, heck-He wrote this famous tune. You could say the same about Bud Powell for example, often overlooked for no real reasons.

[@ToRn1ne]

This is one of my favorite songs to improve to on my sax. I typically use the D Blues Scale.

[@robertojimenez204]

Hey people! Its that what TV is supposed to be or Im wrong? Those were the days of good taste and class.....God help us.

[@alexdahl1747]

Great song

[@SixteenRainings]

Yeah. I actually heard a version of "Work Song" with lyrics on Sirius Jazz Station.

[@omarkhayyam94]

The LLDD Quartet (me is the drummer) plays this at the Vossius Café Chantant.

[@SixteenRainings]

Cannonball is my favorite alto player. Great video. He is a fucking genius. 5/5.

[@holygroove2]

Stit had his own way of appraoching the music, and he happened to sound like Parker when he played alto. I don't know much about Crisis, but I'll check him out. Jackie Mclean has always had his own sound even though he subbed for Bird. I never said Bird was the most important, I said that he laid a foundation for everyone. Bird, Dizzy, and Monk laid a foundation for everyone who came after them.

[@Akindone53]

I agree with you, it's actually really to see that was Joe.

[@jamesh1369]

best version by far

[@Shizi7]

Bird is Bird, and Cannonball is Cannonball. Cannonball is definitely a bebop stylist, but he has an energy (vibe) that is different from Bird's. There is also a video on youtube in which Cannonball names Bird has his great influence.

[@WELLBRAN]

People forget that this was LIVe and in ONE TAKE live TV no editting amazing

[@jurischko]

grandioso!!!

[@Jjjazzj4]

2:28 LOLOL is that like a harmonic on guitar?

[@BrewskLitovsk]

This is so incredibly groovy. Terrific! Teacher: And now, fellas? Let's go to work! Students: Long tones, veeeery long tones, right, teacher? Teacher: Yeah, dat's what I wanna hear. Loooong tones. But make 'em swing too.

[@isaquegomes6229]

jazz fantástic

[@CiscoNast]

YOU CAN SEE HIS HANDS IN THE PIANO. WOAA

[@steelmaverick124]

the sax was amazing

[@stevekeller4814]

You go girl!

[@bjazzer795]

dang NICE!!!

[@evansinarski7459]

Who is that incredible piano player?

[@Varolokkur1]

Rest in peace? I think its more appropriate to say keep the groove moving. Death cannot get in the way of jazz like this.

[@soulfamu]

Cannonball and Nat: FAMU's finest

[@thedoorsforever256]

Good God Cannonball kills that solo!

[@valeo626]

cannonball is the shit!! inspiration to all who listen! :)

[@tropicvibe]

This is a real cool tune...I play a latin version of it in a friend's combo but nothing as close as these cats

[@ignarukih]

@Ms121242 You are awesome.