Somethin' Else
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Somethin' Else is a landmark 1958 hard bop jazz album led by alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and featuring Miles Davis, renowned for its lyrical improvisation and classic status in the Blue Note catalog.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hard bop album
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jazz album ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Cannonball Adderley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyInArtistDiscography | early Blue Note leader date for Cannonball Adderley ⓘ |
| closingTrack | Dancing in the Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerOfTrack |
Arthur Schwartz – Dancing in the Dark
NERFINISHED
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Cole Porter – Love for Sale NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Kosma – Autumn Leaves NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Davis – Somethin' Else (composition) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nat Adderley – One for Daddy-O NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtDesigner | Reid Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed by jazz critics ⓘ |
| engineer | Rudy Van Gelder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1950s jazz ⓘ |
| featuredArtist |
Art Blakey
NERFINISHED
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Hank Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresStyle | small-group hard bop ⓘ |
| genre |
hard bop
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jazz ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Autumn Leaves
NERFINISHED
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Dancing in the Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ Love for Sale NERFINISHED ⓘ One for Daddy-O NERFINISHED ⓘ Somethin' Else (title track) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenceOn | subsequent hard bop recordings ⓘ |
| labelCatalogNumber | Blue Note BLP 1595 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| labelSeries | Blue Note 1500 series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| length | approximately 43 minutes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classic status in the Blue Note catalog
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lyrical improvisation ⓘ |
| openingTrack | Autumn Leaves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| performerOnInstrument |
Art Blakey – drums
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Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone ⓘ Hank Jones – piano ⓘ Miles Davis – trumpet ⓘ Sam Jones – bass ⓘ |
| photographer | Francis Wolff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryArtist | Cannonball Adderley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Alfred Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1958-03-09 ⓘ |
| recordingStudio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Blue Note Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1958-08-01 ⓘ |
| titleTrack | Somethin' Else (composition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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