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Best cannonball album

lenbar1 | l.a., ca United States | 08/17/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"this finally made it to cd. thank you lord. this i think is cannonball's best work. especially with oliver nelson. cannonballs last album with oliver nelson. this one is for you.TRUST ME."

Good session. Great album?

Noel A. Hodda | Sydney, Australia | 08/17/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I've had the vinyl copy of 'Cannonball Adderley Quintet and Orchestra' for many years now and it a rare treasure - a more angular and experimental Adderley, much less lyrical than he usually was. It has three compositions on it: 'Dialogues for Jazz Quintet & Orchestra' (12:39); 'Tensity' (12:38) and 'Experience in E' (20:00) by Joe Zawinul and William Fischer and it was the inclusion of the latter track as an extra on 'Domination' that made me buy this cd to tide me over till the whole aforementioned album with Orchestra makes it to silver disc. 'Domination' is good in itself- the arrangements by Oliver Nelson are inventive and everyone plays up a storm. It's a good example of the jazz great with orchestra genre and probably Adderley's best in that field (certainly bolder and more swinging than his '...and Strings' album) but a great album overall? Adderley has better but then he is a titan and even a somewhat lesser album like this still knocks most other people's for six. Perhaps I should give it four stars instead of three but I think I'll reserve that for the braver 'The Cannonball Adderley Quintet and Orchestra' when it turns up on cd. 'Domination' is fun, varied and occasionally smoking like a lot of other Adderley albums and that's reason enough to buy it anyway. With a player of the calibre of Adderley you're spoilt for choice and this is a choice certainly worth making.



ps: FYI: The version of 'Experience in E' on this disc has been remixed and has had some sounds excised from it to bring it closer to the piece's original intentions."