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Branching Out is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Adderley with Johnny Griffin, and The Three Sounds.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Adderley and Griffin made for an exciting frontline". The Penguin Guide to Jazz states: "Branching Out is an attractive enough set, but Griff doesn't seem the right saxophone-player for the gig, too noisy and rapid-fire".

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz

Track listing

All compositions by Nat Adderley except as indicated

"Sister Caroline" - 5:51
"Well, You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) - 8:26
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 4:36
"I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 5:02
"Branching Out" (Harold Mabern) - 6:50
"I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody (Like I'm Loving You)" (Raymond B. Egan, Roy Marsh, Thomas Pitts) - 4:44
"Warm Blue Stream" (Sara Cassey, Dotty Wayne) - 4:23

Personnel

References

Riverside Records discography accessed February 16, 2010
^ Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed February 15, 2010
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 11. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.

v t e Nat Adderley
Years listed represent the year(s) of recording, not original release date.
Studio albums	That's Nat (1955) Introducing Nat Adderley (1955) To the Ivy League from Nat (1956) Branching Out (1958) Much Brass (1959) Work Song (1960) That's Right! (1960) Naturally! (1961) In the Bag (1962) Little Big Horn (1963) Autobiography (1964-1965) Sayin' Somethin' (1966) The Scavenger (1968) You, Baby (1968) Calling Out Loud (1968) Soul Zodiac (1972) Soul of the Bible (with Rick Holmes, 1972) Double Exposure (1974) Don't Look Back (1976) Hummin' (1976) A Little New York Midtown Music (1978) Talkin' About You (1990) The Old Country (with Vincent Herring, 1990)
Live albums	Live at Memory Lane (1966) On the Move (1982) Blue Autumn (1982) We Remember Cannon (1989) Autumn Leaves (1990) Work Song: Live at Sweet Basil (1990)
Songs	"Work Song" (1960)
Related articles	Cannonball Adderley (brother)

v t e The Three Sounds
Gene Harris, Andy Simpkins, Bill Dowdy Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
Group albums	Branching Out (and Nat Adderley, 1958) Introducing the 3 Sounds (1958) Bottoms Up! (1958–59) LD + 3 (and Lou Donaldson, 1959) Good Deal (1959) Blue Hour (and Stanley Turrentine, 1960) Feelin' Good (1960) Here We Come (1960) It Just Got to Be (1960) Moods (1960) Hey There (1961) Babe's Blues (1961–62) Anita O'Day & the Three Sounds (1962) Black Orchid (1962) Standards (1959/62) Blue Genes (1962) Out of This World (1962) The Three Sounds Play Jazz on Broadway (1962) Some Like It Modern (1963) Live at the Living Room (1964) Beautiful Friendship (1965) Three Moods (1965) Today's Sounds (1966) Vibrations (1966) Live at the Lighthouse (1967) Coldwater Flat (and Oliver Nelson, 1968) Elegant Soul (1968) Soul Symphony (1969) Live at the 'It Club' (Gene Harris & The Three Sounds, 1970) The 3 Sounds (Gene Harris, 1971) Gene Harris of the Three Sounds (Gene Harris, 1972)

The Three Sounds

Gene Harris, Andy Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

Group
albums

Branching Out (and Nat Adderley, 1958)
Introducing the 3 Sounds (1958)
Bottoms Up! (1958–59)
LD + 3 (and Lou Donaldson, 1959)
Good Deal (1959)
Blue Hour (and Stanley Turrentine, 1960)
Feelin' Good (1960)
Here We Come (1960)
It Just Got to Be (1960)
Moods (1960)
Hey There (1961)
Babe's Blues (1961–62)
Anita O'Day & the Three Sounds (1962)
Black Orchid (1962)
Standards (1959/62)
Blue Genes (1962)
Out of This World (1962)
The Three Sounds Play Jazz on Broadway (1962)
Some Like It Modern (1963)
Live at the Living Room (1964)
Beautiful Friendship (1965)
Three Moods (1965)
Today's Sounds (1966)
Vibrations (1966)
Live at the Lighthouse (1967)
Coldwater Flat (and Oliver Nelson, 1968)
Elegant Soul (1968)
Soul Symphony (1969)
Live at the 'It Club' (Gene Harris & The Three Sounds, 1970)
The 3 Sounds (Gene Harris, 1971)
Gene Harris of the Three Sounds (Gene Harris, 1972)

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