Country Preacher

Country Preacher is a live album recorded by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet in 1969.

Country Preacher
Live album by
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
ReleasedDecember 1969
or January 1970[1]
RecordedOctober 1969
VenueChicago
GenreJazz
Length38:39
LabelCapitol
ProducerDavid Axelrod
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet chronology
Accent on Africa
(1968)		 Country Preacher
(1969)		 The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Recorded at an unidentified church meeting of the Chicago chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Operation Breadbasket,[3] the album spent two months in the Cash Box R&B charts in 1970.[4]

Described by discographer and Adderley biographer Chris Sheridan as "an audible sociological record",[3] the introduction is by the Reverend Jesse Jackson.[5] The liner notes, written by Adderley, give some background to Operation Breadbasket and the Country Preacher.

The album is the first with bassist Booker as a member of the Quintet.[3]

Adderley, in his introduction to the title track, mentions fellow saxophonist Ben Branch, the director of the Operation Breadbasket Orchestra and Choir.[4]

Track listing

Introduction by the Reverend Jesse Jackson

  1. "Walk Tall" (Zawinul, Marrow, Rein) 5:03
  2. "Country Preacher" (Joe Zawinul) 4:30
  3. "Hummin'" (Nat Adderley) 6:32
  4. "Oh Babe" (Nat Adderley, Julian Adderley) 4:50
  5. "Afro-Spanish Omlet"
    a. Umbakwen (Nat Adderley) 4:30
    b. Soli Tomba (W. Booker) 3:03
    c. Oiga (Joe Zawinul) 4:23
    d. Marabi (Julian Adderley) 3:47
  6. "The Scene" (Joe Zawinul, Nat Adderley) 2:01

Personnel

References
  1. "Billboard". March 14, 1970.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Sheridan, Chris Dis here: a bio-discography of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000 ISBN 978-0-313-30240-4
  4. Thomas, Lorenzo & Lynn Nielsen, Aldon Don't deny my name: words and music and the black intellectual tradition University of Michigan Press, 2008 ISBN 0-472-06892-X, 9780472068920
  5. Hamilton, Andrew. Review at allmusic
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