Re: [Harp-L] Cannonball Adderly's Work Song

[John Kerkhoven <solo_danswer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nice work Ken. 
(See/listen: http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_songs/1280713)

I notice you play the head at the end à la Butterfield. I was taken by the song and the challenge to play the head with the 5 overblow -- and it only takes one overblow! -- so that's how I do it. 

I also sing it. Here's Nina Simone's sung version: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwXwzDqN6mc

John


>> 
>> Hey Dan,
>> 
>> The Work Song was written Nat Adderly and Oscar Brown Jr.
>> William Clarke also did a cover of that song on chromatic, but not with Butter's frantic approach.
>> 
>> --Ken M.
> 
> One of my first favorite harp tunes was Butter's version of this. I heard the Cannonball original before Clarke's. I now listen to all three pretty often. ;)
> While Clarke's approach is different from Butter's (not just in instrumentation) I think it's interesting to note that he essentially sticks with Butter's simplified, bluesier version of the head, instead of using the chromatic's, well, chromaticity, to play the head as originally "written." 
> 
> Great tune regardless. Now everyone go practice it! ;)
> 
> --Jp
>