Cannonball Takes Charge
1959 studio album by Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Takes Charge | ||||
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Studio album by Cannonball Adderley | ||||
Released | August 1959[1] | |||
Recorded | April 23, 27 & May 12, 1959 | |||
Studio | Reeves Sound (New York City) | |||
Genre | Jazz, hard bop | |||
Label | Riverside | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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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.[2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz said that "Cannonball Takes Charge is perhaps only ordinary."[4] The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and states: "Cannonball Adderley is in top form on this 1959 release."[3]
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" [alternative take] – 7:48 Bonus track on CD
- "I Remember You" [alternative take] (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
- ^ a b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review, accessed October 19, 2009.
- ^ a b 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.
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- Presenting Cannonball
- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
- Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings
- In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley
- Sophisticated Swing
- Cannonball Enroute
- Cannonball's Sharpshooters
- Somethin' Else
- Portrait of Cannonball
- Jump for Joy
- Things Are Getting Better
- Blue Spring
- Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago
- Cannonball Takes Charge
- Them Dirty Blues
- Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners
- Know What I Mean?
- African Waltz
- Plus
- Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley
- Cannonball's Bossa Nova
- Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof
- Domination
- Great Love Themes
- Accent on Africa
- The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra
- Love, Sex, and the Zodiac
- Inside Straight
- Pyramid
- Phenix
- Lovers
- The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco
- The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse
- The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York
- Cannonball in Europe!
- Jazz Workshop Revisited
- Autumn Leaves
- Nippon Soul
- Cannonball Adderley Live!
- Live Session!
- Money in the Pocket
- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club"
- Cannonball in Japan
- Radio Nights
- 74 Miles Away
- Why Am I Treated So Bad!
- In Person
- Country Preacher
- The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free
- The Happy People
- The Black Messiah
- Music You All
- Discoveries
- The Japanese Concerts