McBride Engages Emotions and Ensemble Energy on Ramon

However honest and honorable, songs saluting females in their titles possess a certain characteristic. When discussing “Jeannine,” Duke Pearson’s classic composition during a 1960 Jazz at the Philharmonic performance in Paris, Cannonball Adderley said, “You know, tunes named after girls like Jeannine are usually slow, wispy ballads, but this Jeannine is a swinging chick, right?”