Radio Cannonball from Radio Cannonball by Dominic Howles Quartet

It was sometime in the 90's that my friend and alto player ,Jamie O'Donnell, first introduced me to the recording of Cannonball Adderley's called Radio Nights. As there was an onslaught of alto players (Parker, Adderley, Mclean, Oatts , Donaldson etc) that he made me listen to (in a nice way),I think that Radio Nights slipped through the net. To my shame, it wasn't until about a year and a half ago that I gave it a proper listen and I was struck by how great he plays at that time(I have never heard any bad Cannonball ,for the record). Fiddler on the Roof blew me away and I just felt that I had to write something as a tribute to one of the greats of Jazz.

Double bassist Dominic Howles has been living in London since leaving The Guildhall School of Music in 1992.Since then he has worked extensively on the British jazz scene in the UK and abroad.