Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley

 

Never Will I Marry

Nancy Wilson

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet

A Program of Swinging Vocals and Instrumentals

Produced by Tom Morgan and Andy Wiswell

Capitol Records T 1657

1961

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and Nat Adderley appear through courtesy of Riverside Records

Louis Hayes appears through the courtesy of Vee Jay Records

From the back cover: One night about four years ago in Columbus, Ohio, a willowy young singer took a busman's holiday from her job as vocalist with Rusty Byrant's band to join friends for an evening at the 502 Club – a local jazz emporium where a rather remarkable, up-and-coming alto saxophone player and his swinging combo were appearing.

The girl was Nancy Wilson, and the young man with the horn was Julian "Cannonball" Adderley. Their chance meeting that night will always be well-remembered by both of them.

"Nancy did some tunes with the band that night," Cannonball reflects, "unrehearsed, off-the-top-of-the-head stuff. Even then, this young kid had so much to offer – tone, style, confidence – I felt she just had to go a long way."

Adderley's prophecy of stardom for Nancy has certainly been fulfilled since that first casual get-together just a few short years ago. For today Nancy Wilson is in every way a big-leaguer, a fast-rising young singing star who is just beginning to realize her full potential as an in-person performer as well as a top recording artist for Capitol Records' executive producer, Dave Cavanaugh. Frankly, Cavanaugh simply flipped and signed her right away. Her albums to date have won her a throng of new friends. Critics, their tastes often jaded by an endless parade of new jazz singers, have been unanimous in their praise of Nancy's remarkable phrasing, tone, control, and dynamics.

This album reaches a new high point in the Wilson - Adderley mutual admiration society. Nancy sums it up this way: "We've wanted to do this for months," she enthused, "But we wanted it to be spontaneous and relaxed. So we waited till the time was right for both of us. We wanted a happy, romping sound. It would be Cannonball's quintet with me fitting in as sort of easy-going third horn on some nice songs that haven't already been 'heard to death' on records."

Cannonball on alto; Brother Nat Adderley on cornet; Louis Hayes on drums; Sam Jones on bass and Joe Zawinul on piano; that's the quintet whose wide range of jazz ideas and driving appeal reaches (as Time Magazine put it) "to the very fringe of squaredom."

Save Your Love For Me

Teaneck

Never Will I Marry

I Can't Get Started

The Old Country

One Man's Dream

Happy Talk

Never Say Yes

The Masquerade Is Over

Unit 7

A Sleepin' Bee