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Cannonball Funk'n Friends

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Cannonball Funk'n Friends
Studio album by
Released2013 (2013)
RecordedNovember 3, 2010
StudioChapman Recording Studio, Lenexa, Kansas
Genre
Length65:23
LabelJMood
JM-05
ProducerPaul Collins
Roberto Magris chronology
Ready for Reed - Sam Reed Meets Roberto Magris
(2013)
Cannonball Funk'n Friends
(2013)
One Night in with Hope and More Vol. 2
(2013)

Cannonball Funk’n Friends is an album by jazz pianist Roberto Magris released on the JMood label in 2013, featuring performances by the Roberto Magris Quintet with Hermon Mehari, Jim Mair, Dominique Sanders and Alonzo "Scooter" Powell. The album is a tribute to saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and his jazz-funk and soul jazz bands.[1][2][3][4]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[5]
Orkester Journalen[6]
Ken Franckling Jazznotes[7]

The All About Jazz review by Jack Bowers awarded the album 3½ stars and simply states: "In choosing music for the quintet, Magris focused on 'the groovy side' of Cannonball Adderley's songbook. The mood is cheeky and aggressive from start to finish, and everyone plays well within that framework. What the album does not have, of course, is either of the Adderley brothers, and so it is missing the deep-rooted ebullience they would bring to any such enterprise. Aside from that, an astute and listenable session."[5]

Track listing

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  1. Jeannine (Duke Pearson) – 9:45
  2. Blue Daniel (Frank Rosolino) – 5:34
  3. Sticks (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley) – 7:17
  4. Saudade (Walter Booker) – 8:22
  5. Bohemia After Dark (Oscar Pettiford) – 5:32
  6. Keep Headed in the Right Direction (Roberto Magris) – 8:13
  7. Arriving Soon (Eddie Vinson) – 8:12
  8. Outback Special (Roberto Magris) – 8:37
  9. Audio Liner Notes – 3:48

Personnel

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Musicians

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Production

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References

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  1. ^ "Roberto Magris Quintet: Cannonball Funk'n Friends". All Music.
  2. ^ "Roberto Magris Quintet: Cannonball Funk'n Friends". Jazz Week.
  3. ^ "Roberto Magris Quintet: Cannonball Funk'n Friends". JMood Records.
  4. ^ "Roberto Magris Quintet: Cannonball Funk'n Friends". Jazz Music Archives.
  5. ^ a b Jack Bowers (September 30, 2013). "Roberto Magris Quintet: Cannonball Funk'n Friends". All About Jazz.
  6. ^ Stig Linderoth (December 14, 2013). "Roberto Magris Quintet: Cannonball Funk'n Friends". Orkester Journalen (in Swedish).
  7. ^ Ken Franckling (July 27, 2013). "Roberto Magris Quintet: Cannonball Funk'n Friends". Ken Franckling Jazznotes.