| Cannonball Takes Charge | ||||
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| Studio album by Cannonball Adderley | ||||
| Released | August 1959 | |||
| Recorded | April 23, 27 & May 12, 1959 | |||
| Studio | Reeves Sound (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Jazz, hard bop | |||
| Label | Riverside | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
| Cannonball Adderley chronology | ||||
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Cannonball Takes Charge is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Adderley with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb with Percy and Albert Heath replacing Chambers and Cobb on two selections.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz said that "Cannonball Takes Charge is perhaps only ordinary." The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and states: "Cannonball Adderley is in top form on this 1959 release."
Track listing
- All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated
- "If This Isn't Love" (Burton Lane, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 5:32
- "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 5:34
- "Serenata" (Leroy Anderson) – 4:16
- "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:39
- "Barefoot Sunday Blues" – 7:03
- "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) – 5:10
- "I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) – 6:55
- "Barefoot Sunday Blues" – 7:48 Bonus track on CD
- "I Remember You" (Schertzinger, Mercer) – 6:52 Bonus track on CD
- Recorded at Reeves Sound Studio in New York City on April 23 (track 4), April 27 (tracks 1–3) and May 12 (tracks 5–9), 1959
Personnel
- Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
- Wynton Kelly - piano
- Paul Chambers - bass (tracks 1–4)
- Jimmy Cobb - drums (tracks 1–4)
- Percy Heath - bass (tracks 5–9)
- Albert "Tootie" Heath - drums (tracks 5–9)
References
- Billboard Aug 31, 1959
- Cannonball Adderley discography accessed 19 October 2009
- ^ Dryden, K. Allmusic Review, accessed October 19, 2009.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (1994). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (2nd ed.). London: Penguin. p. 10. ISBN 0-14-017949-6.