''Them Dirty Blues'' is an album by the

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Reception

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review by Al Campbell awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "Recorded in early 1960, ''Them Dirty Blues'' contains two classic jazz compositions."Campbell, A
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'' awarded the album 3⅓ stars, noting: "''Them Dirty Blues'' debuts Nat's 'Work Song' in the band's book, as well as Bobby Timmons's 'Dat Dere'." The album includes two other tunes which have become

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: "Del Sasser" and "Jeannine".

Track listing

(1960 Riverside LP issue) * A1 "Work Song" – 5:04 * A2 "Dat Dere" – 5:27 * A3 "Easy Living" – 4:19 * A4 "Del Sasser" – 4:38 * B1 "Jeannine" – 7:15 * B2 "Soon" – 5:32 * B3 "Them Dirty Blues" – 7:10 (2000 Capitol/Blue Note CD reissue) # "

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) – 5:05 # "Jeannine" (

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) – 7:15 # "Easy Living" (

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) – 4:20 # "Them Dirty Blues" (

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the 1966 soul jazz single "Me ...

) – 7:10 # "Dat Dere" (

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) – 5:28 # "Del Sasser" ( Sam Jones) – 4:40 # "Soon" (

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) – 5:34 # "Work Song" (Alternate First Version) – 5:49 # "Dat Dere" (Alternate Take) – 5:28 * Tracks 1–4 recorded March 29, 1960 at Ter-Mar Recording Studio, Chicago. * Tracks 5–9 recorded February 1, 1960 at Reeves Sound Studio, New York City.

Personnel

– alto sax *

– cornet *

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(tracks 1–4) – piano *

(tracks 5–9) – piano * Sam Jones – bass *

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– drums

References

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