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Presenting Cannonball Adderley

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| type = Album

| artist = Cannonball Adderley

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| released = 1955

| recorded = July 14, 1955

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| studio = Van Gelder (Hackensack)

| genre = Jazz

| length = 70:05 CD release with additional tracks

| label = Savoy

| producer = Ozzie Cadena

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| next_title = Julian "Cannonball" Adderley

| next_year = 1955

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Presenting Cannonball is the 1955 debut album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, released on the Savoy label, featuring a quintet with Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers, and Kenny Clarke.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/cannonball-adderley/catalog/#savoy-mg-12018 Cannonball Adderley discography], accessed October 13, 2009. A 1994 Japanese CD release also included alternate takes of tracks from Adderley's recording debut previously released as Kenny Clarke's Bohemia After Dark (1955).

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

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| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r151341 |title=Presenting Cannonball - Cannonball Adderley | AllMusic |first=Scott |last=Yanow |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=August 1, 2011}}

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The Billboard review in 1955 stated: "This is strong, vibrant, swinging jazz of the moderate-modern school."{{cite magazine |date=November 26, 1955 |title=Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums |magazine=Billboard |volume=67 |issue=48 |page=22}} The Penguin Guide to Jazz states: "Everything was already in place at the time of his 1955 debut with brother Nat playing the eternal second fiddle".{{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 Scott Yanow states: "Already at this early stage, Adderley was a powerful player with a soulful sound that was almost distinctive."Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r151341|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review], accessed October 13, 2009.

Track listing

All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except where noted.

  1. "Spontaneous Combustion" - 10:06
  2. "Still Talkin' to Ya" - 8:58
  3. "A Little Taste" - 5:06
  4. "Caribbean Cutie" - 7:06
  5. "Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) - 7:06
  6. "With Apologies to Oscar" (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Nat Adderley) - 5:42 Bonus track on CD
  7. "Late Entry" (Adderley, Adderley) - 3:16 Bonus track on CD
  8. "Bohemia After Dark" (Oscar Pettiford) - 6:03 Bonus track on CD
  9. "With Apologies to Oscar" [alternate take] (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Nat Adderley) - 5:42 Bonus track on CD
  10. "A Little Taste" [alternate take] - 5:15 Bonus track on CD
  11. "Bohemia After Dark" [alternate take] (Pettiford) - 5:45 Bonus track on CD

:*Recorded on June 28 (tracks 6-9 & 11), and July 14 (tracks 1-5 & 10), 1955

Personnel

References

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