 Cannonball Adderley
Adderley achieved immortality in the Miles Davis Quintet with Kind of Blue – and his Something Else is possibly the best of the Blue Note albums. That was the late 1950s. Ten years later Adderley was touring Europe with his own quintet and gave a performance at Stuttgart’s Liederhalle.
|  Art Blakey
Art Blakey was a rhythmic volcano. “There were times when Art played with such fire he almost drummed you off the stage,” recalled his long-time companion Freddie Hubbard. |
 Gerry Mulligan
Mulligan presents his handpicked sextet at the Liederhalle, where the opening number "For An Unfinished Woman" shows that far from being tinged with nostalgia his approach is still a contemporary work in progress.
|  Duke Ellington
Throwing caution to the wind and refusing to rely solely on time-served hits, Duke and his 14 musicians launch themselves into the new adventure. “Johnny Come Lately” breaks the ice, “Swamp Goo” has the magical “Jungle Sound”, Paul Gonsalves’ tenor sax dances though “Knob Hill”.
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