''Cannonball in Europe!'' is a live album by

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Cannonball Adderley recorded at the Comblain-la-Tour in

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and released on the

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label featuring performances by Adderley with

Nat Adderley Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, whom he supported and played with for many years. Adderley's composition ...

Yusef Lateef Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America. Although Lateef's main instruments ...

, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes.Cannonball Adderley discography
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Reception

''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' states "Bringing in Joe Zawinul and Yusef Lateef energised the band anew but Lateef's touches of exotica are an awkward match for the sunnier disposition of the customary material, Nevertheless ''Nippon Soul'' and ''In Europe'' are perhaps the best of this bunch". The Allmusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 4 stars and states "Cannonball Adderley is in excellent form on this live date".Campbell, A. [ Allmusic Review] accessed 20 October 2009

Track listing

# "P. Bouk" (Yusef Lateef) – 10:23 # ''A Few Words from Cannonball'' – 1:00 # "Gemini" (Jimmy Heath) – 12:45 # "Work Song" (Nat Adderley) – 8:25 # ''More Words from Cannonball'' – 0:22 # "Trouble in Mind (song), Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 10:19 # "Dizzy's Business" (Ernie Wilkins) – 7:38 *Recorded at the Comblain-la-Tour, Belgium, on August 4 & 5, 1962

Personnel

* Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone *

– cornet *

– tenor saxophone, flute, oboe * Joe Zawinul – piano * Sam Jones – double bass, bass * Louis Hayes – drum kit, drums

References

{{Yusef Lateef 1962 live albums Cannonball Adderley live albums Capitol Records live albums