''Bohemia After Dark'' is an album by

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

drummer

Kenny Clarke Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride cymbal to keep time rather than the hi-ha ...

, featuring the earliest recordings with Cannonball Adderley and

Nat Adderley Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, whom he supported and played with for many years. Adderley's composition ...

. It was released by Savoy Records in September 1955.Cannonball Adderley discography
accessed 13 October 2009 The album, and its first track, are titled after the

Café Bohemia The Café Bohemia is a jazz club located at 15 Barrow Street in the Greenwich Village neighbourhood of New York City. Its original run lasted from 1955 to 1960, and has been revived at its original location as of October 2019. History The club was ...

a restaurant where, between 1955 and 1960, jazz live sessions were held.

Reception

The

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review by Scott Yanow states: "Although drummer Kenny Clarke is the nominal leader and the other sidemen include trumpeter Donald Byrd,

Jerome Richardson Jerome Richardson (November 15, 1920 – June 23, 2000) was an American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist, and flute player, who also played soprano sax, alto sax, baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto flute and piccolo. He played with C ...

on tenor and flute, pianist

Horace Silver Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sc ...

and bassist

Paul Chambers Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop era. ...

, the impressive performance by the young Adderleys makes this a historic session that has often been reissued under Cannonball's name".Yanow, S.

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accessed 13 October 2009

Track listing

''All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley & Nat Adderley, except where indicated.'' # "Bohemia After Dark" (

Oscar Pettiford Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom. Biography Pettiford was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United ...

) - 6:06 # "Chasm" - 4:18 # "

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) - 6:18 # “Late Entry" - 6:56 # "Hear Me Talkin' to Ya" - 3:12 # "With Apologies to Oscar" - 9:06 # "

We'll Be Together Again "We'll Be Together Again" is a 1945 popular song composed by Carl T. Fischer, with lyrics by Frankie Laine. Fischer was Laine's pianist and musical director when he composed the tune, and Laine was asked to write the lyrics for it. The Pied Pi ...

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Carl T. Fischer Carl T. Fischer (1912–1954) was a Native American jazz pianist and composer. He worked with Frankie Laine, and composed Laine's 1945 hit song ''We'll Be Together Again'', and '' You've Changed'' with lyrics by Bill Carey. Background Carl Theo ...

, Frankie Laine) - 5:42 :* Recorded on June 28 (tracks 1-5 & 7), and July 14 (track 6), 1955

Personnel

- drums * Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone feature track 3 *

– cornet feature track 7 * Donald Byrd -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

tracks 1,2 and 5 *

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

, or flute tracks 1,2 and 4 *

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

(tracks 1-5 and 7) * Hank Jones - piano (track 6) *

- bass

References

{{Authority control 1955 albums Savoy Records albums Kenny Clarke albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums produced by Ozzie Cadena