Branching Out

Branching Out is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Adderley with Johnny Griffin, and The Three Sounds.[1]

Branching Out
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1958
RecordedSeptember 1958
StudioReeves Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length39:52
LabelRiverside
RLP 12-285
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Nat Adderley chronology
To the Ivy League from Nat
(1956)
Branching Out
(1958)
Much Brass
(1956)
The Three Sounds chronology
Introducing the 3 Sounds
(1958)
Branching Out
(1958)
Bottoms Up!
(1959)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Adderley and Griffin made for an exciting frontline".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz states: "Branching Out is an attractive enough set, but Griff doesn't seem the right saxophone-player for the gig, too noisy and rapid-fire".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Nat Adderley except as indicated
  1. "Sister Caroline" - 5:51
  2. "Well, You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) - 8:26
  3. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 4:36
  4. "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 5:02
  5. "Branching Out" (Harold Mabern) - 6:50
  6. "I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody (Like I'm Loving You)" (Raymond B. Egan, Roy Marsh, Thomas Pitts) - 4:44
  7. "Warm Blue Stream" (Sara Cassey, Dotty Wayne) - 4:23

Personnel

References

  1. Riverside Records discography accessed February 16, 2010
  2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed February 15, 2010
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 11. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.
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