Nippon Soul

by Cannonball Adderley

Nippon Soul cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1964
  • Label: Riverside
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:34
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded during a highly successful 1963 Japanese tour across Tokyo, this album captures the saxophonist's legendary sextet featuring Yusef Lateef and Joe Zawinul operating with effortless, swinging telepathy. The ensemble masterfully blends accessible, deeply grooving soul jazz themes with sophisticated, Eastern-influenced harmonic structures, perfectly reflecting Lateef's unique conceptual contributions to the group. The incredibly enthusiastic crowd response underscores the burgeoning global appetite for American hard bop.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Nippon Soul (Nihon No Soul) (9:31)
  2. Easy To Love (3:46)
  3. The Weaver (10:50)
  4. Tengo Tango (2:33)
  5. Come Sunday (6:57)
  6. Brother John (12:57)

Credits

  • Cannonball Adderley Sextet - primary artist
  • Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
  • Sam Jones - bass
  • Nat Adderley - cornet
  • Tom Daly - cover
  • Louis Hayes - drums
  • Yusef Lateef - flute, oboe, tenor saxophone
  • Joe Zawinul - piano

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