Cannonball's Sharpshooters (Verve Vault Series): Vinyl LP Bundle 1 Strange Fruit

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These previously unreleased sessions

Sweet Spirit

on 6th May 1961

When saxophonist Lou Donaldson hooked up with the funky drummer Idris Muhammad on Alligator Bogaloo it began a run of great groove-oriented albums including Say It Loud with trumpeter Blue Mitchell

Cannonball's Sharpshooters (Verve Vault Series): Vinyl LP Bundle 1 Strange FruitCannonballs Sharpshooters, originally released in 1958, documents alto saxophonist Julian Cannonball Adderley leading a quintet featuring cornetist Nat Adderley, pianist Junior Mance, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Jimmy Cobb. Recorded on March 4 and 6, 1958, at Bell Sound in New York City, the session captures the group just days before Adderleys recording session for Somethin Else with Miles Davis, placing the album at a pivotal moment in his late