Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Cannnball Adderley – Drum Transcription & Performance

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – Cannonball Adderley – Full Drum Transcription & Performance German description below. Real Book Drumming is a YouTube series of mine in which I transcribe and play songs from the Real Book, the bible for all jazz players. In this video, it’s the complete transcription of the track “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy,“ composed by Austrian pianist Joe Zawinul, from the 1967 album “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at ’The Club’“ by Julian “Cannonball“ Adderley’s quintet, recorded on October 20, 1966, at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. On drums, New York drummer Roy McCurdy. “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy“ is a not too heavy jazz tune, since on the one hand the tempo is not really brisk at 85bpm and it is not a swing, but rather a funky gospel tune with eighth notes played straight. “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy“ has always been one of my favorite songs and it was one of the first pieces ever that I listened to out note for note more than