Work Song
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"Work Song" is a hard bop jazz standard composed by cornetist Nat Adderley, famously recorded by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet and widely regarded as one of the genre’s most enduring tunes.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composition
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jazz standard ⓘ |
| associatedPerformer |
Art Blakey
NERFINISHED
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Bobby Timmons NERFINISHED ⓘ Cannonball Adderley NERFINISHED ⓘ Cannonball Adderley Quintet NERFINISHED ⓘ Cannonball Adderley Sextet NERFINISHED ⓘ Cedar Walton NERFINISHED ⓘ Christian McBride NERFINISHED ⓘ George Shearing NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ Houston Person NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny Burrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Lou Rawls NERFINISHED ⓘ Nat Adderley NERFINISHED ⓘ Nina Simone NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscar Brown Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Chambers NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jazz Crusaders NERFINISHED ⓘ Wes Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Nat Adderley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPopularizedBy | Cannonball Adderley Quintet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form |
32-bar form
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AABA ⓘ |
| genre | hard bop ⓘ |
| hasLyricsTheme | incarceration and prison labor (in vocal versions) ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | soul jazz ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
hard bop repertoire
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modern jazz repertoire ⓘ |
| key | F minor ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Oscar Brown Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
frequent use in jam sessions
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minor-key blues-inflected melody ⓘ prominent riff-based bass line ⓘ widely included in jazz fake books ⓘ |
| originallyReleasedBy | Riverside Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originallyReleasedOn | Work Song (Nat Adderley album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Cannonball Adderley Quintet
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Christian McBride NERFINISHED ⓘ George Shearing NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ Houston Person NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny Burrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Lou Rawls NERFINISHED ⓘ Nat Adderley NERFINISHED ⓘ Nina Simone NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscar Brown Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jazz Crusaders NERFINISHED ⓘ Wes Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | medium-up ⓘ |
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