Julian Cannonball Adderley - Autumn Leaves download song

this Cannonball solo........Beyond excellence

Cannonball's solo is mind boggling in its laid back, bluesy, abolutely swinging complexity. This is my favorite solo he ever took. Interesting, this was recorded almost exactly one year before he went into the studio with Miles and Trane to record Kind of Blue. Miles plays in the ravishingly beautiful style that he used in this time period. Also interesting is to hear Art Blakey (so fiery with the Messengers) just lay back and play a sweet smooth swinging groove, simple but solid as a mf... Hank Jones on piano and Sam Jones on bass....just the sweetest butter.... Anybody ever heard as good an Alto Saxophone solo as this tour de force? Let me know, because if so, I want to hear it!!!!

Love the transition at 8:37, with the bass line kicking in at 8:57

I found this record in a public library uptown when I was 16 or 17, and checked it out and brought it home because I saw Art Blakey's name on the front and had some interest in him, as I was a budding jazz drummer with my aims set on attending school to be a music educator. This album changed everything I knew about jazz and indirectly played a role in motivating me to continue studying music. Man this shit swings harder than about anything. Allstar personnel and some classic tunes played in amazing arrangements.

Such precision, feeling and elegance. The Cool personified.

Cannonball Adderley's solo: 2:04 Miles Davis': 4:21 Hank Jones': 6:40 End of melody: 7:45

One of the greatest song intros.

Quite Simply the best jazz version of Autumn Leaves ever!  "Somethin' Else is one of the greatest jazz albums of all time!  Cannonball, Miles, Art and Hank!  You can't get any better than that!

best version of this song playing. here that also miles standing again. unbelievable ad-lib let my heart burn

I first heard this jazz version of Autumn Leaves in 1993. The best version ever

I guess miles was keeping up with the joneses

Makes me want to load up my tunes and take a slow, lingering 1,000 -mile road trip along the back roads to nowhere all by lonesome.

This is one of my favorite songs - so light, smooth, relaxing - the epitome of "cool jazz". The album "Somthin' Else", which this song came from, may very well be the best "cool jazz" album ever recorded. Very light, smooth feel - with class.

03:13-03:24 thats one of the sickest music lick I have ever heard in my life, crazy!

I love Art Blakey's music - and this is great too!

"Is that what you wanted, Alfred?"