Album · 1975
Big Man: The Legend of John Henry
- Released
- 1975
- Label
- Fantasy
- Catalogue no.
- F-79006
- Tracklist
- 32 tracks
- Length
- 57:57
- Country
- US
“Big Man: The Legend of John Henry” is an album by Cannonball Adderley, released in 1975 on Fantasy. The original release has 32 tracks with a running time of 57:57.
Tracklist
- 1-A1 Overture 2:17
- 1-A2 Anybody Need a Big Man 3:49
- 1-A3 Who Bend the Rainbow 3:42
- 1-A4 Forty More Miles to Go / Rouster’s Chant 1:17
- 1-A5 Ten Mile of Mountain / Recitative: Who Up in Heaven 3:00
- 1-B1 Dialogue (Carolina) 0:13
- 1-B2 Gonna Give Lovin’ a Try 3:15
- 1-B3 The Broomstick Song 1:24
- 1-B4 Next Year in Jerusalem 2:18
- 1-B5 Dialogue (Carolina, John Henry) 0:27
- 1-B6 Stayin’ Place (intro) 0:34
- 1-B7 Stayin’ Place 2:38
- 1-B8 Dialogue (Carolina) 0:19
- 1-B9 A New Star Risin’ 2:02
- 1-B10 The Steamdrill Race (intro) 0:50
- 2-C1 Anybody Need a Big Man 6:07
- 2-C2 Grind You Own Coffee 3:10
- 2-C3 Anybody Need a Big Man / Dialogue (Deputy) 0:47
- 2-C4 Hundred an’ One Year / M’Ria 1:29
- 2-C5 River 2:11
- 2-C6 A New Star Risin’ 0:30
- 2-C7 Dialogue (Carolina & Jassawa) 0:21
- 2-D1 Hundred an’ One Year / M’Ria 1:15
- 2-D2 Recitative: Born Black 2:12
- 2-D3 Dialogue (Jassawa) 0:08
- 2-D4 Poundin’ 3:04
- 2-D5 Dialogue (John Henry & Bull Maree) 0:38
- 2-D6 The Steamdrill Race 1:32
- 2-D7 We Saved / Dialogue (Carolina) 0:26
- 2-D8 Jesus Where You Now? 2:03
- 2-D9 If I Was Jehovah 2:36
- 2-D10 On His Bones (Finale) 1:23
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Frequently asked questions
Which label released Big Man: The Legend of John Henry?
Big Man: The Legend of John Henry was released in 1975 on Fantasy (F-79006).
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