First of all, the billing is something else – this was Cannonball's session and his was the credit, with the other names as sidemen. Of course, despite being the second youngest of the five participants, Miles already had sufficient authority to take charge (as he does in his one spoken comment, “Is that what you wanted, Alfred?”). But the whole feeling of the session is somewhat looser than those by Miles's own groups – Somethin' Else was recorded within days of the second half of Milestones – which might explain the seeming lack of empathy between a subdued Blakey and Cannon's mate Sam Jones. This hardly detracts from the impact of the title-track, its theme statement a dialogue between the two horns, or the famous ‘Autumn Leaves’ with its intro copied from Ahmad Jamal's recording. It's less than a year since I last reviewed this album, on two different reissues (Jazzwise 230), but it's worth noting the inclusion this time of an alternate take of ‘Autumn Leaves’ which, despite being listed in reference works since whenever, was first issued in Japan in 2013. The further bonus of a live ‘Leaves’ from Davis's first UK tour is lengthier and more stylised, but the comparison between Adderley and the slightly older, more Parker-oriented Stitt is instructive.