[Stretch]

Great chestnut done in two contrasting takes:

Cannonball Adderley 1959 -

Cannonball solo transcription -

Don Menza 1977 -

 

[Instrument Attic]

Man, both of those cats have SO much tone. Cool comparison, thanks for sharing.

Cannonball is swanging away, love it. Sounds like they lost about 10bpm by the end ... the good old days before perfectionism took over with click tracks and pitch correction everywhere.

Menza ... there's so much richness in his sound I could take a bite out of it. Beautiful.

 

[Guto]

Nice playing from both indeed!
My reference Big Band arrangement is this one: