Soul jazz from the 50s, 60s & 70s: THE SOULD OF CANNONBALL ADDERLEY. The first of two programmes about the alto sax player and leader of the band Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley. In the 60s, Cannonball Adderley abandons once and for all his ‘new’ Charlie Parker reputation and releases a series of commercially attractive songs imbued with blues and soul such as: This Here, Jive Samba en Mercy Mercy Mercy.
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, This Here (In San Francisco, Riverside 1960)
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Work Song (Them Dirty Blues, Riverside 1960)
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Sack ‘O Woe (At The Lighthouse, Riverside 1961)
Cannonball Adderley And His Orchestra, African Waltz (African Waltz, Riverside 1962)
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet, Jive Samba (In New York, Riverside 1962)
Cannonball Adderley, Batida Diferente (Cannonball’s Bossa Nova, Riverside 1963)
Cannonball Adderley, Fiddler On The Roof (Fiddler On The Roof, Capitol 1964)
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Mercy Mercy Mercy (Mercy Mercy Mercy, Capitol 1966)
