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. 1-A1 Overture 2:17
  2. 1-A2 Anybody Need a Big Man 3:49
  3. 1-A3 Who Bend the Rainbow 3:42
  4. 1-A4 Forty More Miles to Go / Rouster’s Chant 1:17
  5. 1-A5 Ten Mile of Mountain / Recitative: Who Up in Heaven 3:00
  6. 1-B1 Dialogue (Carolina) 0:13
  7. 1-B2 Gonna Give Lovin’ a Try 3:15
  8. 1-B3 The Broomstick Song 1:24
  9. 1-B4 Next Year in Jerusalem 2:18
  10. 1-B5 Dialogue (Carolina, John Henry) 0:27
  11. 1-B6 Stayin’ Place (intro) 0:34
  12. 1-B7 Stayin’ Place 2:38
  13. 1-B8 Dialogue (Carolina) 0:19
  14. 1-B9 A New Star Risin’ 2:02
  15. 1-B10 The Steamdrill Race (intro) 0:50
  16. 2-C1 Anybody Need a Big Man 6:07
  17. 2-C2 Grind You Own Coffee 3:10
  18. 2-C3 Anybody Need a Big Man / Dialogue (Deputy) 0:47
  19. 2-C4 Hundred an’ One Year / M’Ria 1:29
  20. 2-C5 River 2:11
  21. 2-C6 A New Star Risin’ 0:30
  22. 2-C7 Dialogue (Carolina & Jassawa) 0:21
  23. 2-D1 Hundred an’ One Year / M’Ria 1:15
  24. 2-D2 Recitative: Born Black 2:12
  25. 2-D3 Dialogue (Jassawa) 0:08
  26. 2-D4 Poundin’ 3:04
  27. 2-D5 Dialogue (John Henry & Bull Maree) 0:38
  28. 2-D6 The Steamdrill Race 1:32
  29. 2-D7 We Saved / Dialogue (Carolina) 0:26
  30. 2-D8 Jesus Where You Now? 2:03
  31. 2-D9 If I Was Jehovah 2:36
  32. 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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