Cannonball Adderley and his men are out in full bodied force today: modern, inventive and totally exciting .

How about the strings? They're present and handsomely accounted for as a great new-style accompaniment to the soaring sounds of the Adderleys. (Note the brilliant blend of strings with soprano voices, harp, woodwind plus percussion) .They temper the high-flying moments with smooth punctuation, they sharpen the mellow phrasings with straight-forward statements .They're an asset on the credit side of the session report. And that takes care of "With Strings."

As one sage puts it, music like love is a feeling. When the feeling's real in either case, the whole world knows it. Once you hear the obvious and stunning reality of these great renderings you're bound to predict-that's precisely what's going to happen here. Each of the tunes chosen by the Quintet for this outing expresses the very essence of romance: the sun, the moon, the stars of it reflect in each richly melodic line. Each is, in a word, unforgettable.

Like the true musicians that they are, the Cannonball Adderley Quintet take it from there. What they come up with is unforgettable in its own right. There's the lush, Latin-textured charm of Morning Of The Carnival with the Adderley brothers - Cannonball on alto sax and Nat on trumpet - sharing the lead in warm, free-flowing camaraderie. Somewhere and Stella By Starlight glow with the alto sax magic of Cannonball in a romantic mood while So In Love swings with a buoyantly up-tempo sound that features a particularly outstanding chorus by Nat above the lyrical;'strings. Autumn Leaves stands brightly burnished by the Quintet's multicolored lines and the golden presence of the strings.

A special brand of jazz it is from first chorus to last . . the quintessence of all that is Adderley underscored, this time, by the tantalizing string formations of Ray Ellis.

Produced by TOM MORGAN