Phenix (album)


Phenix is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded in 1975 at the Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California, featuring performances by Adderley's Quintet with Nat Adderley, Michael Wolff, Walter Booker and Roy McCurdy with guest percussionist Airto Moreira and sessions featuring past Quintet members George Duke, Sam Jones, and Louis Hayes.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and states: "Adderley's next-to-last recording was ironically a retrospective.... A recommended set with plenty of excellent music, it serves as a fine overview of Cannonball Adderley's career."

Track listing

All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated
  1. "Hi-Fly" - 6:04
  2. "Work Song" - 6:28
  3. "Sack O' Woe" - 5:06
  4. "Jive Samba" - 5:19
  5. "This Here" - 7:12
  6. "The Sidewalks of New York" - 5:37
  7. "Hamba Nami" - 5:24
  8. "Domination" - 6:55
  9. "74 Miles Away" - 5:58
  10. "Country Preacher" - 4:26
  11. "Stars Fell on Alabama" - 5:48
  12. "Walk Tall/Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" - 7:28