Cannonball Adderley

• NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED 1972 CONCERT AT O'LYMPIA
• DELUXE LIMITED EDITION CD-SET
• INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLET

• FEATURING NAT ADDERLEY, GEORGE DUKE, WALTER BOOKER & ROY McCURDY

The first official release of Poppin' In Paris: Live At L'Olympia 1972 captures saxophone icon Cannonball Adderley with an all-star band, featuring Nat Adderley, George Duke, Walter Booker, and Roy McCurdy.

Transferred from the original tape reels recorded by the ORTF and housed in the INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel) archives, this 2-CD set is released in cooperation with the Cannonball Adderley Estate and INA France for Elemental Music. The package includes an extensive booklet with rare photos, liner notes by acclaimed author and historian Bob Blumenthal, and interviews and statements from Louis Hayes, Hal Galper, and Michael Wolff.

PERSONNEL:

• JULIAN “CANNONBALL” ADDERLEY - (alto sax)
• NAT ADDERLEY - (cornet)
• GEORGE DUKE - (piano & electric piano)
• WALTER BOOKER - (bass)
• ROY McCURDY - (drums)

Recorded on October 25, 1972 at the Olympia Theatre, Paris.

TRACKS:

• SET 1
  01. BLACK MESSIAH
• 02. AUTUMN LEAVES
• 03. SOLI TOMBA
• 04. WALK TALL (BABY, THAT’S WHAT I NEED) into THE SCENE
• SET 2
• 05. DOCTOR HONORIS CAUSA
• 06. HUMMIN'
• 07. DIRECTIONS
• 08. MERCY, MERCY, MERCY
• 09. THE SCENE