Things Are Getting Better

~ Release by Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt Jackson (see all versions of this release, 18 available)

Annotation

Notes

This is the commonly available (in US and Europe) modern edition with 2 additional cuts (#4 & 7), initially by OJC and nowadays available as a SACD (and recently pushed on the Japanese market as well).

Annotation last modified on 2008-04-30 13:47 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Blues Oriental
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1958-10-28)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1958-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1958-10-28)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1958-10-28)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (holding company for jazz label Milestone; do NOT use as label) (in 1973), Concord Music Group, Inc. (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, not for release label use!) (in 2013) and Kendal (in 2014)
recording of:
Blues Oriental (on 1958-10-28)
composer:
Milt Jackson
5:03
2Things Are Getting Better
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1958-10-28)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1958-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1958-10-28)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1958-10-28)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (holding company for jazz label Milestone; do NOT use as label) (in 1973), Concord Music Group, Inc. (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, not for release label use!) (in 2012, in 2013) and Kendal (in 2014)
recording of:
Things Are Getting Better (on 1958-10-28)
writer:
Dory Langdon (Folk singer, songwriter, lyricist and poet) and Julian Adderley
7:15
3Serves Me Right (take 5)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1958-10-28)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1958-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1958-10-28)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1958-10-28)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (holding company for jazz label Milestone; do NOT use as label) (in 1973) and Concord Music Group, Inc. (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, not for release label use!) (in 2013)
recording of:
Serves Me Right
composer:
Buddy Johnson
4:49
4Serves Me Right (take 4)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-10-28)
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1958-10-28)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1958-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1958-10-28)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1958-10-28)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Concord Music Group, Inc. (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, not for release label use!) (in 2013) and Kendal (in 2014)
recording of:
Serves Me Right
composer:
Buddy Johnson
4:36
5Groovin' High
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1958-10-28)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1958-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1958-10-28)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1958-10-28)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (holding company for jazz label Milestone; do NOT use as label) (in 1973), Concord Music Group, Inc. (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, not for release label use!) (in 2009, in 2013) and Kendal (in 2014)
recording of:
Groovin’ High (on 1958-10-28)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli and Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
5:23
6The Sidewalks of New York (take 5)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1958-10-28)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1958-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1958-10-28)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1958-10-28)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (holding company for jazz label Milestone; do NOT use as label) (in 1973) and Concord Music Group, Inc. (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, not for release label use!) (in 2013)
instrumental recording of:
The Sidewalks of New York (on 1958-10-28)
lyricist:
James W. Blake
composer:
Charles B. Lawlor
7:00
7The Sidewalks of New York (take 4)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-10-28)
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1958-10-28)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1958-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1958-10-28)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1958-10-28)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Concord Music Group, Inc. (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, not for release label use!) (in 2013) and Kendal (in 2014)
instrumental recording of:
The Sidewalks of New York (on 1958-10-28)
lyricist:
James W. Blake
composer:
Charles B. Lawlor
5:14
8Sounds for Sid
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1958-10-28)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1958-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1958-10-28)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1958-10-28)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (holding company for jazz label Milestone; do NOT use as label) (in 1973), Concord Music Group, Inc. (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, not for release label use!) (in 2013) and Kendal (in 2014)
recording of:
Sounds for Sid (on 1958-10-28)
composer:
Julian Adderley
6:28
9Just One of Those Things
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1958-10-28)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1958-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1958-10-28)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1958-10-28)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (holding company for jazz label Milestone; do NOT use as label) (in 1973), Concord Music Group, Inc. (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, not for release label use!) (in 2013) and Kendal (in 2014)
instrumental recording of:
Just One of Those Things (on 1958-10-28)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1929)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
part of:
Jubilee
part of:
Panama Hattie (1942 film)
6:45