Almost everything soulful at Capitol Records in the mid 60s – packed together in one sweet little place! The set's a winner in a great line of
Cannonball Adderley live dates from the time – produced by David Axelrod, and done
with that great mix of angular, slightly electric groove the combo was virtually pioneering – thanks to help from Joe Zawinul on electric piano, and Nat
Adderley on cornet! Cannon also plays some great soprano sax – an instrument that he was taking off beautifully
with at the time – and sets fire to a few great tunes
with the instrument. But as if that's not enough,
Lou Rawls joins in on vocals on a few cuts, and
Nancy Wilson comes in on a few more – and the album alternates singing
with instrumentals in a really great way. Titles include two very nice extended tracks by Joe Zawinul – "Rumplestiltskin" and "The Scavenger", both of which are over 10 minutes long, and which have the group stretching out in a nice live vein – and other cuts include "The Scene", "Somewhere", "Sweet Emma", and "Zorba".
(80s Tall Tree pressing. Cover is faded a bit at the spine.)