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Jim Snidero & Jeremy Pelt – Jubilation! Celebrating Cannonball Adderley – Savant 

Jim Snidero & Jeremy Pelt – Jubilation! Celebrating Cannonball Adderley – Savant 

Celebrating Cannonball’s 90th Birthday year with a sweet dedication… Jim Snidero & Jeremy Pelt – Jubilation! Celebrating Cannonball Adderley – Savant SCD2167 – 53:23 – ****: (Jim Snidero – alto sax; Jeremy Pelt – trumpet; David Hazeltine – piano; Nat Reeves – bass; Billy Drummond – drums) I was fortunate enough in August, 2012 to finally catch a concert at the iconic London jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s. Holding court there that night was the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band led by drummer, Louis Hayes. Vincent Herring did the honors that night channeling ‘Ball. However, Jeremy Pelt, on trumpet, was on fire that night. Needless to say, it was a memorable night. Six years later on the occasion of the 90th birthday year of Cannonball, Savant Records is issuing a tribute to Cannon’s magic. Jeremy is back, working as a co-leader with altoist, Jim Snidero. The rhythm section is top notch with first call pianist, David Hazeltine, bassist, Nat Reeves, and drummer, Billy Drummond. Recorded at the Red Rock Studios in Dec. 2017, the set list is replete both with the Adderley Brothers classics as well as tunes written by bassists, Sam Jones, and Walter Booker, whom both had tenure with the […]

Gerald Cannon – Combinations – Woodneck Records

Gerald Cannon – Combinations – Woodneck Records

Gerald Cannon – Combinations – Woodneck Records 66:27****: A pleasant mixture of  precision and coolness (Gerald Cannon – bass; Gary Bartz – alto sax # 1,7,10; Sherman Irby – alto sax #2,4,5,6;  Steve Slagle – alto sax #3;  Jeremy Pelt – trumpet # 1,2,4,5; Duane Eubanks – trumpet #10; Rick Germanson – piano #1,3,4,6,7,9; Kenny Barron – piano #2,5,10; Russell Malone – guitar #3,7,8;,Willie Jones III – drums #1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10; Will Calhoun – drums #7) Gerald Cannon was last heard from as a leader of his own group in 2003 when he released the self-styled album Gerald Cannon. It’s not that he has  been inactive in the intervening years, he has. He has taught at several universities and conservatories including the Oberlin Conservatory, the Wisconsin Conservatory, and was a faculty member of the Conservatory of Maastricht, The Netherlands. He has also recorded with drummer Willie Jones III, guitarist Russell Malone, and pianist Rick Germanson among others. In this cavalcade of musical styles and artists under the title Combinations, Cannon demonstrates his own versatility and that of his cohorts. Kicking things off with Slide Hampton’s “Every Man Is A King”, Cannon’s big-toned bass is in solo mode as this swinger takes shape. […]