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1967 studio album by Cannonball Adderley
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Allmusic
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74 Miles Away is an album by
jazz
saxophonist
Cannonball Adderley recorded "live" before an invited audience at
Capitol Studios in
Hollywood, California in 1967, and features performances by Adderley with
Nat Adderley ,
Joe Zawinul ,
Victor Gaskin and
Roy McCurdy . Following these sessions, it would be almost a year before Cannonball Adderley recorded again, a significant sign that the slump in jazz fortunes of the later 1960s had begun.
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Reception
The
Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars and states "This was a rare thing, a group that could grab the public's attention and gently lead them into more difficult idioms without pandering or condescension".
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Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Do Do Do (What Now Is Next?)" Nat Adderley,
Gail Fisher 6:20 2. "I Remember Bird"
Leonard Feather 6:54 3. "Walk Tall (Baby, That's What I Need)"
Queen Esther Marrow ,
Jim Rein , Joe Zawinul 2:38 4. "74 Miles Away" Zawinul 13:47 5. "Oh Babe" Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Nat Adderley 5:28
Tracks 1 & 3 recorded on June 12, 1967. Tracks 2,4,& 5 recorded July 24, 1967 at Capitol Tower, Hollywood
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