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The Black Messiah

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Released
  
1972

Length
  
87:32

Artist
  
Cannonball Adderley

Producer
  
David Axelrod

Genres
  
Jazz, Jazz fusion

Recorded
  
1970

The Black Messiah(1972)
  
Music You All(1976)

Release date
  
1972

Label
  
Stateside Records

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Similar
  
Cannonball Adderley albums, Jazz albums

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The Black Messiah is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, California in 1970 featuring performances by Adderley's Quintet with Nat Adderley, George Duke, Walter Booker and Roy McCurdy with guest appearances by Airto Moreira, Mike Deasy, Ernie Watts, Alvin Batiste, and Buck Clarke. After many years of being out of print, The Black Messiah was reissued in 2014 by Real Gone Music; the new 2CD reissue included liner notes by music journalist/blogger Bill Kopp.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars and states: "Still immersed in the burgeoning electronic jazz-rock explosion of the times, Cannonball Adderley goes further toward a rapprochement with the rock and soul audiences than ever before on this fascinating, overlooked double album."

Track listing

All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated

  1. Introduction - 0:50
  2. "Black Messiah" (George Duke) - 16:12
  3. Monologue - 2:20
  4. "Little Benny Hen" (Mike Deasy) - 4:15
  5. "Zanek" (Deasy) - 5:07
  6. "Dr. Honoris Causa" (Joe Zawinul) - 14:48
  7. "The Chocolate Nuisance" (Nat Adderley, Roy McCurdy) - 8:22
  8. "Untitled" (Airto Moreira) - 6:21
  9. "The Steam Drill" - 8:42
  10. "Eyes of the Cosmos" (Ernie Watts) - 4:51
  11. "Episode from the Music Came" (Alvin Batiste) - 2:39
  12. "Heritage" (Duke Ellington) - 4:43
  13. "Circumference" (Duke) - 3:18
  14. "Pretty Paul" - 2:48
  15. "The Scene" (Nat Adderley, Zawinul) - 2:16
  • Recorded at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA, in 1970

    • Personnel

  • Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Nat Adderley - cornet, vocals
  • George Duke - piano
  • Walter Booker - bass
  • Roy McCurdy - drums
  • Airto Moreira - percussion
  • Mike Deasy - guitar, vocals (tracks 4, 5, 7, 10, 11 & 13-15)
  • Ernie Watts - tenor saxophone (tracks 4, 5, 8, 10, 11 & 13-15)
  • Alvin Batiste - clarinet (tracks 11 & 13-15)
  • Buck Clarke - African percussion (tracks 7 & 13-15)

    • Songs

    1Introduction (Live At The Trubadour)0:42
    2The Black Messiah (Live At The Trubadour)16:20
    3Monologue (Live At The Trubadour)2:08

    References

    The Black Messiah Wikipedia
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