Cannonball Adderley Group live at Berliner Jazztage 1972

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (as, ss)
Nat Adderley (co)
George Duke (p, elp)
Walter Booker (b)
Roy McCurdy (dr)

recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin, November 2, 1972

1. Hummin' (Nat Adderley; Eugene McDaniels)
2. Doctor Honoris Causa (Josef "Joe" Zawinul)
3. Yesterdays (Jerome Kern)
4. Walk tall (Josef "Joe" Zawinul)
5. Mercy, mercy, mercy (Josef "Joe" Zawinul)
6. The Theme

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 .
"Now I don't give a damn whether you can count or not, we still are the Cannonball Adderley Quintet!," quoth the leader, who is in loose, loquacious form throughout the set (the jazz world badly misses his witty verbal intros). With Joe Zawinul now flying off to Weather Report, his replacement is an even more electronically minded pianist, George Duke, who levitates into the outer limits with his Echoplex and ring modulator and proves to be a solid comper. But Zawinul is not forgotten, for the band pursues a long, probing, atmospheric excursion on his tune, "Dr. Honouris Causa."
Brother Nat Adderley gamely visits the outside on cornet, not always convincingly, while Cannonball doubles with increasing adventurousness on soprano and alto and bassist Walter Booker and drummer Roy McCurdy deftly handle all of the changes of style. Cannonball adeptly keeps pace with Miles Davis, his former boss while not abandoning his funky soul-jazz base nor the special audience-friendly ambience of his concerts.