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The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, on the cover of their 1960 Riverside Records album Live at the Lighthouse. The ensemble – including Cannonball’s brother Nat on cornet, Victor Feldman on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums – is a classic hard bop band, and is part of the 22-song playlist consisting of memorable quintet performances assembled by jazz scholar Bob Hecht.
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…..In this playlist series, each month or so we have added an instrument to the mix. We began with solo artists and have moved progressively through great duos, trios and quartets.
…..Now, with the addition of a fifth instrument, we enter a new and exciting realm. We are now in the land of some of the richest musical aggregations in the jazz canon. For here, in most of these selections, we hear the classic front line of two horns, typically a trumpet and a saxophone backed up by a jazz trio.
…..You will hear such classic front-line pairings as Kenny Dorham and Jackie McLean, Clifford Brown and Sonny Rollins, Cannonball and Nat Adderley, Phil Woods and Tom Harrell, Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter and many other great combinations. In addition, there are several variations on the quintet format such as a Bill Evans group with Freddie Hubbard and Jim Hall or a front line of two saxes as in the Al Cohn and Zoot Sims band.
…..So dig into ‘Gimme Five!’ We are of course just scratching the surface here but hopefully it will inspire you to explore the depths of this powerful number.
Hear here!
Bob Hecht
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Bob has curated an impressive array of listening experiences within playlists he assembles exclusively for Jerry Jazz Musician, and within them shares his profound lifelong journey with jazz music.
Click on the links below to be taken to the playlists within this series.
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Next up…a playlist of sextets!
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This playlist was assembled by Bob Hecht, who frequently contributes his essays, photographs, interviews, playlists and personal stories to Jerry Jazz Musician. He has a long history of producing and hosting jazz radio programs; his former podcast series, The Joys of Jazz, was the 2019 Silver Medal winner in the New York Festivals Radio Awards. In addition, he is a widely published fine art photographer, whose work has appeared multiple times in The Sun, LensWork, Black & White Magazine, Zyzzyva and other periodicals, as well as in the book, Dream of Venice in Black & White, published by Bella Figuera Publications. He lives with his wife in Portland, Oregon. His photo website is roberthecht.com.
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Click here to read about his book, Stolen Moments: A Photographer’s Personal Journey
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In addition to putting together great playlists, Bob has conducted several fine interviews for Jerry Jazz Musician.
Click here to read Two of a Mind: Conversations on Creative Collaboration, featuring Bill Charlap and Sandy Stewart; Click here to read his interview with Pepper Adams biographer Gary Carner. Click here to read “Life in E Flat” – a conversation about Phil Woods – with pianist Bill Charlap and jazz journalist Ted Panken, and click here to read his interview with Alyn Shipton, author of The Gerry Mulligan 1950’s Quartets.
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