Cannonball Adderley Soul Zodiac CD - Import

The Nat Adderley Sextet's Soul Zodiac could easily have been buried in a time capsule as an example to future generations of the ideas that were in the air in late 60s/ early 70s popular culture. A concept album based on the signs of the Zodiac, a hip narration, psychedelic guitars and some fatback drums. Paradoxically it was this level of vogueishness, that for many years consigned it to the parts of the jazz catalogue that time had forgotten. However in the early 90s the acid jazz scene discovered its funk filled grooves and hip hop producers used those very grooves as the building blocks of their own records, turning the album into a sought after collector's item. The Adderley brothers were born in Florida, Julian, more famously known as 'Cannonball' in 1928 and Nat in 1931. Cannon became a renowned alto saxophonist, and one of the leading bandleaders of his day. Signing in 1955 to Mercury Records, but making himself a national name when he joined the Miles Davis Sextet in 1957 being present on the recording of Davis' most enduring album Kind Of Blue. After leaving Davis he signed to the New York independent jazz label Riverside where he began to score a series of jazz hits that would make his group one of the most successful jazz bands of the time. A key component of that group was his brother Nat who had played at various times with his brother in the 50s, as well as with J J Johnson and Lionel Hampton. After rejoining Cannon he would stay in his bands until his brother's death in 1975. As well as his cornet playing being the front-line instrumental foil to Cannon he was also responsible for some of the most important tunes in the group's song-book including 'Work Song', 'Jive ...