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Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at “The Club” is a 1967 live in-studio album by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, the jazz group formed by musician Cannonball Adderley. It received the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Group or Soloist with Group in 1968, and was added to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2021.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 5 stars and states: “Adderley’s irrepressible exuberance was a major part of his popularity, and no document captures that quality as well—or with such tremendous musical rewards—as Mercy, Mercy, Mercy.”

Track listing
“Fun” (Nat Adderley) – 8:26
“Games” (N. Adderley) – 7:19
“Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” (Joe Zawinul) – 5:10
“Sticks” (Cannonball Adderley) – 3:54
“Hippodelphia”[14] (Zawinul) – 5:49
“Sack O’ Woe” (C. Adderley) – 10:29

Personnel
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone, leader
Nat Adderley – cornet
Joe Zawinul – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
Victor Gaskin – bass
Roy McCurdy – drums

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Released: February 1967
Recorded: October 20, 1966
Studio: Capitol (Hollywood)
Length: 41:07
Label: Capitol
Producer: David Axelrod