Cannonball Adderley - Hummin' mp3 download

Also check out Quincy Jones version of this.. equally as dope.

Well, Cannonball et al strayed from the fantastic path they had laid out in previous years.

I played this with Hungárián bánd called Kex át Citadella as disc Jockey.

There is a live version of this song with George Duke and it is incredible.

I love JazzI love Cannonball and this song “WoW”

This is the real deal gang,,,,stands up today,,,

Oh man!that sure is funky!

this is the most awesome tune to jam to

It’s funny that people comment on Cannonball Adderley “straying from the path.” I remember reading an essay some years back that said that Miles Davis’ first great quintet—SEXTET with Adderley—contained the two seeds of the future of jazz: Coletrane and Cannonball. Coletrane, it was suggested, went the spiritual and abstract route. Cannonball, on the other hand, was a TEACHER, literally, and that was a big part of who he was until the end of his life. The author described him as a musical “populist” so to speak. Hence, he was always ACCESSIBLE while remaining artistically creative and never out of touch with the masses, that he was a precursor to the likes of Grover and Ronnie Laws. Notice how often he talks to his audiences in live footage and in recordings. He even made some educational music albums. Consider that around this point he had bonafide HIT SONGS (like “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”) and that he embraced Operation PUSH (“The Country Preacher”).