Cannonball in Europe [Live] [Original recording remastered]

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Cannonball In Europe! was recorded live on August 5, 1962 at the International Jazz Festival in Comblain-La-Tour, a small town in Belgium. The recent addition of legendary reedsman Yusef Lateef pushed Adderley’s combo to a powerful sextet. With three horns blazing (Lateef, brother Nat Adderley on trumpet and Cannonball on alto sax), the band charged through a stunning concert in front of the largest audience it had ever played. The five song, 50 minute set blasts off with Lateef’s complex "P.Bouk" and never lets up. Favorites "Gemini" and "Work Song" are played with fire and passion. And Lateef’s soulful, moving oboe on the blues standard "Trouble in Mind" is stellar. But, it’s the frisky call and response between the reeds and horn, underpinned by Sam Jones’ sturdy bass, Louis Hayes’ energized drums and an understated Joe Zawinul on piano, that creates the fireworks that blasts this gig into the stratosphere. The reissue doesn’t unearth any extra tracks, but the sound has been improved and newly penned liner notes describe the historical background to this superb show. --Hal Horowitz

Product Description
Recorded at the International Jazz Festival in Comblain-La-Tour, Belgium before a crowd of 20,000, the Adderley sextet with brother Nat, Yusef Lateef, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes is an incredible tou-de-force highlighted by amazing versions of Jimmy Heath's "Gemini" and Nat Adderley's "Work Song". Originally issued only in Europe on Riverside Records, the original tapes have been mastered in 24-bit for greatly improved sound.

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Average customer rating: Much awaited re-release. Includes the finest version of "Work Song". Blow of the roof withe the Adderley Bros

Cannonball in Europe Cannonball Adderley Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Money in the Pocket At the Lighthouse Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall In New York Domination ASIN: B0009IW9KW Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

1. P. Bouk
2. A Few Words From Cannonball
3. Gemini
4. Work Song
5. More Words From Cannonball
6. Trouble In Mind
7. Dizzy's Business

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Cannonball In Europe! was recorded live on August 5, 1962 at the International Jazz Festival in Comblain-La-Tour, a small town in Belgium. The recent addition of legendary reedsman Yusef Lateef pushed Adderley's combo to a powerful sextet. With three horns blazing (Lateef, brother Nat Adderley on trumpet and Cannonball on alto sax), the band charged through a stunning concert in front of the largest audience it had ever played. The five song, 50 minute set blasts off with Lateef's complex "P.Bouk" and never lets up. Favorites "Gemini" and "Work Song" are played with fire and passion. And Lateef's soulful, moving oboe on the blues standard "Trouble in Mind" is stellar. But, it's the frisky call and response between the reeds and horn, underpinned by Sam Jones' sturdy bass, Louis Hayes' energized drums and an understated Joe Zawinul on piano, that creates the fireworks that blasts this gig into the stratosphere. The reissue doesn't unearth any extra tracks, but the sound has been improved and newly penned liner notes describe the historical background to this superb show. --Hal Horowitz

Album Description

Recorded at the International Jazz Festival in Comblain-La-Tour, Belgium before a crowd of 20,000, the Adderley sextet with brother Nat, Yusef Lateef, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes is an incredible tou-de-force highlighted by amazing versions of Jimmy Heath's "Gemini" and Nat Adderley's "Work Song". Originally issued only in Europe on Riverside Records, the original tapes have been mastered in 24-bit for greatly improved sound.

Customer Reviews:

Much awaited re-release. Includes the finest version of "Work Song"........2006-07-24

This one was once part of the Landmark Series which also included "Them Dirty Blues" and the absolutely essential album called "Cannonball Takes Charge" and remained deleted for years. I'm so glad to see it re-released.
The session features probably what is regarded as Adderleys best ever version of "Work Song" (he did do quite a few of them)
THIS version just burns with intensity from the get go as Cannonball launches into the solo before the chorus has time to settle down and give way to it. On all other versions of "Work Song" Adderley takes some time to work up enough steam during the solo.
He flies as high as a kite on this tune. Yusuf Lateef plays soprano on "Trouble In Mind" and flute on "Gemini" and handles his part so efficiently that this almost is a Yusuf Lateef CD.
This proves to be one of the greatest sessions in that golden era of early 1960s jazz.
Cannonball Adderley truly was a soulful, dynamic saxophonist.

Blow of the roof withe the Adderley Bros.......2006-07-14

At last the CD version of one of the best concerts of Mr. Cannonball Adderley.
Great version of Work Song , P. Book and Gemini.
The crowd gone out of his mind withe this Belgian Tour.
Musicians are all in great form. Listen to a great Joe Zawinui and Nat Adderley.

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Cannonball Adderley Collection, Vol. 7: Cannonball in Europe Cannonball Adderley Manufacturer: Fantasy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000XQG Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Cannonball in Europe Cannonball Adderley ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00095L8R0 Release Date: 2006-08-01

Tracks:

1. P. Bouk
2. Few Words from Cannonball
3. Gemini
4. Work Song
5. More Words from Cannonball
6. Trouble in Mind
7. Dizzy's Business

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