The Japanese Concerts

The Japanese Concerts
Compilation album by Cannonball Adderley
Released 1975
Recorded July 9, 14 & 15 1963
Genre Jazz
Label Milestone
Cannonball Adderley chronology
Cannonball's Bossa Nova
(1962)Cannonball's Bossa Nova1962		 The Japanese Concerts
(1975)		 Cannonball Adderley Live!
(1963)Cannonball Adderley Live!1963

The Japanese Concerts is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at the Kosei-nenkin Kaikan and Sankei Hall in Tokyo during his 1963 Japanese tour and featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Yusef Lateef, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes.[1] The album was released on the Milestone label in 1975 and combines material previously released on Adderley's Nippon Soul (1963) with an additional disc of unreleased performances from a concert recorded a week earlier.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and states "Cannonball Adderley's finest group is heard at the peak of their powers on this two-LP set... these musicians were very familiar with each other's playing and they had grown together. The enthusiastic Japanese crowds inspired the all-star band to some of their most rewarding playing... It's a definitive portrait of a classic group".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Track listing

Side One:
  1. "Nippon Soul (Nihon No Soul)" (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley) - 9:34
  2. "Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) - 3:49
  3. "The Weaver" (Yusef Lateef) - 10:50
Side Two:
  1. "Tengo Tango" (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Nat Adderley) - 2:40
  2. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 7:03
  3. "Brother John" (Lateef) - 13:03
Side Three:
  1. 'Work Song" (Nat Adderley) - 9:06
  2. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert) - 7:27
  3. "Dizzy's Business" (Ernie Wilkins) - 6:01
Side Four:
  1. "Primitivo" (J. Adderley) - 12:12
  2. "Jive Samba" (N. Adderley) - 10:37
  • Recorded at Koseinenkin Kaikan in Tokyo, Japan on July 9 (Sides Three, tracks 1 & 3 and Side Four, track 2), and Sankei Hall in Tokyo, Japan on July 14 (Side One, tracks 2 & 3 and Side Three, track 2) and 15 (Side One track 1 and Side Two and Side Four, track 2), 1963

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Cannonball Adderley discography accessed 21 October 2009
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 21 October 2009
  3. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 5. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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