1. Track listing

2. Personnel

3. References

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Country Preacher is a live album recorded by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet in 1969.

Recorded at an unidentified church meeting of the Chicago chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Operation Breadbasket,^[2] the album spent two months in the Cash Box R&B charts in 1970.^[3]

Described by discographer and Adderley biographer Chris Sheridan as "an audible sociological record",^[2] the introduction is by the Reverend Jesse Jackson.^[3] The liner notes, written by Adderley, give some background to Operation Breadbasket and the Country Preacher.

The album is the first with bassist Booker as a member of the Quintet.^[2]

Adderley, in his introduction to the title track, makes a specific mention of fellow saxophonist Ben Branch, the director of the Operation Breadbasket Orchestra and Choir.^[4]

Track listing

Introduction by the Reverend Jesse Jackson

1. "Walk Tall" (Zawinul, Marrow, Rein) 5:03
2. "Country Preacher" (Joe Zawinul) 4:30
3. "Hummin'" (Nat Adderley) 6:32
4. "Oh Babe" (Nat Adderley, Julian Adderley) 4:50
5. "Afro-Spanish Omlet"
   a. Umbakwen (Nat Adderley) 4:30
   b. Soli Tomba (W. Booker) 3:03
   c. Oiga (Joe Zawinul) 4:23
   d. Marabi (Julian Adderley) 3:47
6. "The Scene" (Joe Zawinul, Nat Adderley) 2:01

Personnel

• Julian "Cannonball" Adderley - alto and soprano saxophones
• Nat Adderley - cornet and vocals on "Oh Babe"^[2]
• Joe Zawinul - keyboards
• Walter Booker - bass
• Roy McCurdy - drums

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