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Tracklist

1-1	Introduction	0:44
1-2	Black Messiah	16:18
1-3	Monologue	2:33
1-4	Little Benny Hen	4:11
1-5	Zanek	5:12
1-6	Dr. Honouris Causa	14:47
2-1	The Chocolate Nuisance	8:33
2-2	Untitled	6:16
2-3	The Steam Drill	8:46
2-4	Eyes Of The Cosmos	4:54
2-5	Episode From The Music Came	2:42
2-6	Heritage	4:36
2-7	Circumference	3:19
2-8	Pretty Paul	2:49
2-9	The Scene	2:15

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Blue Note Records
• Manufactured By – Universal Music Enterprises
• Recorded At – The Troubadour
• Mastered At – Battery Studios, New York

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Cannonball Adderley
• Bass – Walter Booker
• Clarinet – Alvin Battiste* (tracks: 2-5 to 2-9)
• Congas – Buck Clark* (tracks: 2-1, 2-7, 2-9)
• Cornet – Nat Adderley
• Design [Album Design] – Roy Kohara
• Drums – Roy McCurdy
• Engineer – Gene Hicks
• Executive-Producer – Al Coury
• Guitar – Mike Deasy (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-1, 2-4 to 2-9)
• Liner Notes, Design – Bill Kopp
• MC [Intro] – Rick Holmes
• Percussion – Airto*
• Photography By – James Lewis
• Piano, Electric Piano – George Duke
• Producer – Cannonball Adderley, David Axelrod
• Reissue Producer – Gordon Anderson
• Remastered By – Maria Triana
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Ernie Watts (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4 to 2-9)
• Vocals – Airto Moreira (tracks: 2-2), Nat Adderley (tracks: 2-6)

Notes

All tracks courtesy of Blue Note Records.

Originally released on Capitol SWBO-846 in 1972.

Recorded at the Troubadour in 1971.

Contains 12-page booklet with pictures and liner notes by Bill Kopp (former Chief Editor Scope Magazine).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 848064002475

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SWBO-846	Cannonball Adderley	The Black Messiah ‎(2xLP, Album)	Capitol Records	SWBO-846	US	1971
N 9518	Cannonball Adderley	The Black Messiah Part I ‎(LP, Album)	Number One Records	N 9518	South Africa	Unknown
SWBO-846	Cannonball Adderley	"The Black Messiah" ‎(2xLP, Album, RE, Gat)	Capitol Records	SWBO-846	US	1974
SWBO-846	Cannonball Adderley	The Black Messiah ‎(2xLP, Album)	Capitol Records	SWBO-846	US	1971
SWBO-846	Cannonball Adderley	El Mesías Negro ‎(2xLP, Album)	Capitol Records	SWBO-846	Argentina	1972

Ghile

It's great to see this reissued on CD, it really deserves it. Highly recommended Cannonball set.