CANNONBALL ADDERLEY AFRICAN WALTZ STUNNING ORIGINAL 1960 RIVERSIDE MONO LP DG

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·      CANNONBALL ADDERLEY with NAT ADDERLEY, CLARK TERRY, WYNTON KELLY, JIMMY CLEVELAND, OLIVER NELSON AND OTHERS - AFRICAN WALTZ - ORIGINAL 1962 RIVERSIDE RECORDS MONO LP RLP-377

·      ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·      ORIGINAL BLUE RIVERSIDE MONO LABEL WITH 'MICROPHONE' LOGO AND SILVER SCRIPT.

·      DEEP GROOVE PRESSING

·      THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·      ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·      ORIGINAL GLOSSY, LIGHTLY LAMINATED COVER

·      CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·      THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·      MONO version of this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other digital format.

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After releasing his critically acclaimed and most popular albums of his career with such classics as “Something Else” on the Blue Note label, Cannonball Adderley spent many years after pumping out album after album with totally new lineups, with many of them including African Waltz ending up on the Riverside label. This album is completely different than Adderley’s other albums which fall on the hard bop side of jazz. For African Waltz he has no less than 22 musicians on board including five trumpet players, four on trombone as well as other lesser used musical timbres such as bass trombone, tuba and of course Adderley’s signature alto sax sound. This big band sound comes across as brash and bold with every track being carefully crafted for a full-on larger than life experience.

The album was built around the title track which was actually a surprise hit single in the UK for Johnny Dankworth. The huge big band experience was orchestrated by Ernie Wilkins, best known for his work with Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James and Dizzy Gillespie and the well seasoned approach to taming the large musical beast shines through as everything is perfectly executed. Trombonist Bob Brookmeyer also contributed the arrangements of two tracks. While this is a big band album through and through, this was the early 60s and there is plenty of evidence of the milestones in jazz that had recently come into play. The hard bop still finds its way into the musical compositions with several bass lines lifted right out of the 50s bop scene. The modal jazz set forth by Miles Davis shines through as well.

Since the eleven tracks on board are short with none venturing over the five minute mark, they hit hard and offer a quick and to-the-point approach that focuses most of all on the melodic development and like much in the big band world of jazz don’t rely on improvisation as much as other types of the genre. The only rip roaring solos found on this one are by Adderley, his brother Nat Adderley on cornet with some lesser roles by pianist Wynton Kelly. The album has a hardcore exotica feel to it as well. It sounds like a 60s movie soundtrack of some sort and despite the title really evokes nothing African at all in mood or musical texture.

While this album delivers some extremely strong well played pieces with a unique albeit bloated lineup, to my ears it sounds extremely powerful and confident and as far as early 60s jazz goes, quite catchy without ever entering syrupy ballad territory. It captures all the best aspects of big band jazz but offers the wild swinging tapestry of instruments so common in hard bop and more improvisational types of jazz. While African Waltz failed to inspire the fans at the time and has since been relegated to the bottom of the pile of Adderley releases, I find this to be an exciting and exhilarating jazz experience with every track delivering high quality performances. Woefully underrated in most jazz circles.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW)

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·      CONDITION:

·      THE RECORD

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)         WE GRADE THE VINYL AS NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)         The record has a "deep groove" (an indent in the label about 1/2-inch from the edge of the label, which on SOME labels is associated with very early or first pressings).

(c)         The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(d)         The album comes with its original, 'rice paper' inner sleeve (typically used in the 50’s and very early 60’s) which has - apparently with success - shielded the vinyl from the harmful impact of elements over many years! We believe that, despite great technological progress, these early 'rice paper' inner sleeves provided a degree of protection MUCH HIGHER than any other material used ever since.

(e)         Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                          THE COVER

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-       Cover has some fraying/wear along the spine

-       Cover has a partially split top seam (between 4 and 6 inches  / 10 to 15 centimeters)

-       Visible shelf wear noted on the top and bottom seams

-       Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1  (front side) and 2 (back side).

-       Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the top seam    (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

-       Cover has a minor wrinkle (air bubble in the paper slick) on the back panel

-       Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged (nothing significant)

-       Cover has a tiny "wrinkle" (crease)  in one of the corners.

-       Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

-       Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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