Cannonball Takes Charge
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{{Infobox album
| name = Cannonball Takes Charge
| type = Album
| artist = Cannonball Adderley
| cover = Cannonball Takes Charge.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 1959[https://books.google.com/books?id=NgoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Cannonball+Takes+Charge+303&pg=PA53 Billboard Aug 31, 1959]
| recorded = April 23, 27 & May 12, 1959
| venue =
| studio = Reeves Sound (New York City)
| length =
| label = Riverside
| producer = Orrin Keepnews
| chronology = Cannonball Adderley
| prev_title = Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco
| next_year = 1959
}}
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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/cannonball-adderley/catalog/#riverside-rlp-12-303 Cannonball Adderley discography] accessed 19 October 2009
Reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev2Score = {{rating|2.5|4}}
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz said that "Cannonball Takes Charge is perhaps only ordinary."{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette|edition = 2nd|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 1994|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 0-14-017949-6|pages = 10}} 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|class=album|id=r601956|pure_url=yes}} 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)
References
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Category:Riverside Records albums