# New CD – 2024: Cannonball Adderley – Poppin’ In Paris: Live At L’Olympia 1972: Video

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2024/08/02/new-cd-2024-cannonball-adderley-poppin-in-paris-live-at-lolympia-1972-video/
- Published: 2024-08-02T00:04:54+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**First Complete, Authorized Release of alto sax giant’s 1972 Olympia performance
transferred from the original tape reels recorded by the ORTF and housed in the 
_INA_ (the Institut national de l’audiovisuel). **

Released by _Elemental Music_ in cooperation with the Cannonball Adderley Estate
and INA France. Includes an extensive booklet with rare photos; essays by acclaimed
jazz author and historian Bob Blumenthal and producer Zev Feldman, plus testimonies
by Tia Fuller, Lou Donaldson & Vincent Herring, and a never before published 1983
Nat Adderley interview.

“Cannonball was more than just a musician. He contributed more to the music than
just playing great saxophone. His overall band concept and leadership, allowing 
people within the band to thrive and make contributions that helped to create that
special and unique sound, were essential to his success.”

**Set 1**

1. Black Messiah 20:22
 2. Autumn Leaves 13:06 3. Soli Tomba 3:36 4, Walk Tall (
Baby That’s What I Need) Into The Scene 5:19

**Set 2**

5. Doctor Honoris Causa 19:40
 6. Hummin’ 8:36 7. Directions 3:36 8. Mercy, Mercy,
Mercy 2:58 9. The Scene 1:43

Recorded on October 25, 1972 at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, France, as part of the
Paris Jazz Festival.

**Alto Saxophone – Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 9)**
 **Bass–
Walter Booker** **Cornet – Nat Adderley** **Drums – Roy McCurdy** **Piano, Electric
Piano – George Duke** **Soprano Saxophone – Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (tracks:
5)**

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