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Recorded live in Tokyo on July 14th and 15th, 1963, Nippon Soul is not the Asian-jazz fusion suggested by the title (check out Cal Tjader's Several Shades of Jade and Breeze From the East for that), but a solid live set that showcases one of Cannonball Adderley's finest groups, featuring himself, brother Nat Adderley on cornet, bassist Sam Jones, drummer Louis Hayes, and most notably pianist Joe Zawinul and reedsman Yusef Lateef. Both near the beginnings of their careers, Zawinul and Lateef nonetheless dominate this set; two of the original tracks are by Lateef, including the centerpiece "Brother John," for John Coltrane and featuring an astonishing extended Lateef solo on oboe, an instrument not normally associated with jazz, but which takes on an almost Middle Eastern fluidity and grace in its approximation of Coltrane's "sheets of sound" technique. Zawinul arranged the standards for the group, reinterpreting Cole Porter's warm "Easy to Love" as a fleet bebop vehicle for a wicked Adderley solo and working the "Come Sunday" section of Duke Ellington's "Black, Brown and Beige" into a full gospel-style call and response between himself and Jones. Often overlooked, this is one of Adderley's finest albums. The CD reissue includes an extra track, an extended take on "Work Song."
TRACKLIST
1. NIPPON SOUL 9:32
2. EASY TO LOVE 3:47
3. THE WEAVER 10:50
4. TENGO TANGO 2:37
5. COME SUNDAY 8:57
6. BROTHER JOHN 12:59
7. WORK SONG 9:05
Recorded in concert (Sankei Hall,Tokyo, Japan); July 14-15,1963.
JULIAN "CANNONBALL' ADDERLEY-alto sax
NAT ADDERLEY-cornet
YUSEF LATEEF-flute, oboe, tenor sax
JOE ZAWINUL-piano
SAM JONES-bass
LOUIS HAYES-drums
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