The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free

The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free
Live album by Cannonball Adderley
Released	1970
Recorded	September 14–19, 1970
Genre	Jazz
Label	Capitol
Producer	David Axelrod
Cannonball Adderley chronology
Love, Sex, and the Zodiac (1970) The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free (1970) The Happy People (1970)

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Allmusic	[1]

The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded in Los Angeles, California, in 1970, featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul, Walter Booker and Roy McCurdy with guest appearances by Nat Adderley, Jr. and Bob West.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3½ stars and states: "Cannonball was a populist at heart, and his generosity of spirit shines through this often deliciously diverse album, which ranges wildly from flat-out soul to Brazilian music to a cautious toedip into the avant-garde.... This is a fascinating contemporary snapshot of the Quintet, whose later recordings are too casually dismissed these days."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated

1. "Soul Virgo" (Walter Booker) - 1:46
2. "Rumplestiltskin" (Joe Zawinul) - 5:11
3. "Inquisition" (Nat Adderley) - 2:25
4. "Devastatement" (Nat Adderley) - 2:55
5. "Pra Dizer Adeus" (Edú Lobo, Torquato Neto) - 2:49
6. "The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free" (Nat Adderley) - 4:40
7. "Some Time Ago" (Sergio Mihanovich) - 4:12
8. "Exquisition" (Nat Adderley) - 4:15
9. "Painted Desert" (Joe Zawinul) - 5:55
10. "Directions" (Zawinul) - 1:35
11. "Down in Black Bottom" (Nat Adderley) - 5:17
12. "1-2-3-Go-O-O-O!" (The Cannonball Adderley Quintet) - 4:41
13. "Lonesome Stranger" (Nat Adderley) - 2:01
14. "Get Up Off Your Knees" - 4:59
15. "Wild-Cat Pee" - 3:22
16. "Alto Sex" - 2:10
17. "Bridges" (Milton Nascimento) - 4:21
18. "Out and In" - 5:48
19. "Together" (Nat Adderley, Jr.) - 6:31
20. "The Scene" (Nat Adderley, Zawinul) - 0:36

• Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, on September 14–19, 1970

Personnel

• Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, vocals
• Nat Adderley - cornet, vocals
• Joe Zawinul - piano, electric piano, ring modulator
• Walter Booker - bass
• Roy McCurdy - drums
• Nat Adderley, Jr. - piano, electric piano, vocals
• Bob West - bass

References