Cannonball Adderley - Poppin in Paris: Live at L'Olympia 1972

SPECIAL RECORD STORE DAY EDITION
NEVER BEFORE RELEASED
DELUXE LIMITED EDITION CD - SET
REMASTERED AUDIO TRANSFERRED FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPE REELS


First Complete, Authorized Release of alto sax giant’s 1972 Olympia performance transferred from the original tape reels recorded by the ORTF and housed in the INA (the Institut national de l'audiovisuel). Released by Elemental Music in cooperation with the Cannonball Adderley Estate and INA France.
The set is presented as a 180-gram vinyl limited edition 2-LP SET and will also be available as a Deluxe CD set.
Cannonball is featured with a stellar band including his brother Nat Adderley on cornet, pianist George Duke, bassist Walter Booker and drummer Roy McCurdy.
Includes an extensive booklet with rare photos; essays by acclaimed jazz author and historian BOB BLUMENTHAL and producer ZEV FELDMAN, plus testimonies by TIA FULLER, LOU DONALDSON & VINCENT HERRING, and a never before published 1983 NAT ADDERLEY interview.

Tracklist:

Set 1:

1) BLACK MESSIAH (George Duke) 20:21
2) AUTUMN LEAVES (Joseph Kosma-Johnny Mercer-Jacques Prévert) 13:15
3) SOLI TOMBA (Walter Booker) 3:35
4) WALK TALL (BABY, THAT’S WHAT I NEED) (Joe Zawinul) into THE SCENE (Joe Zawinul-Nat Adderley) 5:18

Set 2:

1) DOCTOR HONORIS CAUSA (Joe Zawinul) 19:39
2) HUMMIN' (Nat Adderley) 8:42
3) DIRECTIONS (Joe Zawinul) 3:36
4) MERCY, MERCY, MERCY (Joe Zawinul) 2:57
5) THE SCENE (Joe Zawinul-Nat Adderley) 1:43

Personnel:

JULIAN “CANNONBALL” ADDERLEY, alto sax (soprano sax on “Doctor Honoris Causa”).
NAT ADDERLEY, cornet
GEORGE DUKE, piano & electric piano
WALTER BOOKER, bass
ROY McCURDY, drums

Recorded on October 25, 1972 at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, France, as part of the Paris Jazz Festival.