Cannonball Takes Charge is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Adderley leading a studio quartet featuring pianist Wynton Kelly. On four of the album's originally released tracks, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb complete the quartet. On the other three originally released tracks, bassist Percy Heath and his brother, drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath, complete the group.Cannonball Adderley discography accessed 19 October 2009 On CD reissues, alternate takes of two of the compositions played with Percy and Tootie Heath have been added to the program.
Reception
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."Dryden, K. [ Allmusic Review], accessed October 19, 2009.
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)
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