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.".
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Easy to LoveCole Porter | Cannonball Adderley Sextet, Cannonball Adderley | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 2 | Tengo Tango | Cannonball Adderley Sextet, Cannonball Adderley | Play | 02:40 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 3 | Come SundayDuke Ellington | Cannonball Adderley Sextet, Cannonball Adderley | Play | 07:03 | 16 MB | 31 MB |
| 4 | Brother JohnYusef Lateef | Cannonball Adderley Sextet, Cannonball Adderley | Play | 13:03 | 29 MB | 80 MB |
| 5 | Work SongNat Adderley, Oscar Brown, Jr. | Cannonball Adderley Sextet, Cannonball Adderley | Play | 09:06 | 20 MB | 53 MB |
| 35 mins | 81 MB | |||||
| 35 mins | 206 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cannonball Adderley | Composer, Primary Artist, Sax (Alto) |
| 2 | Cannonball Adderley Sextet | Primary Artist |
| 3 | Nat Adderley | Composer, Cornet |
| 4 | Oscar Brown, Jr. | Composer |
| 5 | Ken Deardoff | Design |
| 6 | Phil DeLancie | Remastering |
| 7 | Duke Ellington | Composer |
| 8 | Louis Hayes | Drums |
| 9 | Sam Jones | Bass |
| 10 | Orrin Keepnews | Liner Notes |
| 11 | Yusef Lateef | Composer, Flute, Oboe, Sax (Tenor), Saxophone |
| 12 | Cole Porter | Composer |
| 13 | Joe Zawinul | Organ, Piano, Piano (Electric) |
Cannonball Adderley
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |