"What Is This Thing Called Soul"

AZULE SERAPE (Victor Feldman) 8:38
BIG "P" (Jimmy Heath) 6:15
ONE FOR DADYY-O (Sam Jones) 6:04
THE CHANT (Victor Feldman) 8:51
WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE (Cole Porter) 7:54
CANNONBALL'S THEME (Sam Jones) 1:06

In the early 1960s, I took Cannonball Adderley on a concert tour to Europe (his first, I believe) with a group that probably was the best he ever had. It included his brother, Nat Adderley on cornet; Vic Feldman, piano; Sam Jones, bass; and Louis Hayes, drums.

I recorded the tour in various cities and the tapes lay unreleased for almost twenty-five years. After talking to Nat Adderley, we both agreed that it was time to release this glorious music.

For this album we selected enough material from concerts held in Paris, Stockholm, and Gothenburg, for two albums of which this is the first release. Because Cannonball was much more a rounded human being than only a great jazz artist (for instance, he performed in Chicago's "PUSH" concerts from the inception) and being a drolly funny man in his conversations, we also included some of his amusing introductions.

Norman Granz