ADDERLEY, Julian "Cannonball" - SALOU, Michel (photo.).

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Group of 5 original carbon prints of the Adderley Quintet in concert. Terrific sequence of apparently unpublished images of the Adderley quintet at, we believe, Salle Pleyel Paris in 1960, capturing the great good humour between the brothers. "This was a hard-hitting group which invested blues and formulae with an intensity that helped to keep older jazz channels open at the time of Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy and other seekers" (Cook & Morton). Two of the images catch Cannonball in full flight with Nat looking on approvingly, another has Nat at the microphone with Cannonball returning the compliment, his eyes closed in rapt attention. The quintet comprised Cannonball (alto), Nat (cornet), Victor Feldman (piano), Sam Jones (bass), Louis Hayes (drums). The gig, on Friday 25 November 1960, part of Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic tour, was recorded and "the enthusiasm of the audience spills over into the performance to create a special atmosphere"; something of this is certainly apparent in these highly engaging images (Sheridan, pp.100-01). The photographer, Michel Salou, worked as a music executive, producing albums by, among others, Sun Ra (Live in Paris at the "Gibus", 1973), the Mal Waldron Trio (Ursula, 1978), and French pianists George Arvanitas and Rene Urtreger. He also appears in the annals of the Art Ensemble of Chicago as their "first booking agent... who helped them secure concert dates across France and elsewhere in Europe" (Steinbeck, p. 130). His excelle

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