| Cannonball Enroute | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Cannonball Adderley |
| Cover: | Cannonball Enroute.jpg |
| Released: | 1961 |
| Recorded: | February 7, 8, 11, & March 6, 1957 |
| Studio: | Capitol (New York City) |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Label: | Mercury |
| Prev Title: | Sophisticated Swing |
| Prev Year: | 1956 |
| Next Title: | Cannonball's Sharpshooters |
| Next Year: | 1958 |
Cannonball Enroute is an album by the jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, released on the Mercury label, featuring performances with Nat Adderley, Junior Mance, Sam Jones, and Jimmy Cobb.[1] The album was recorded in 1957 but would only be released in 1961.[2]
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and states "Cannonball Adderley's Mercury albums (most of which, like this LP, are long out-of-print) find the youthful altoist trying to unsuccessfully keep his quintet with brother Nat together. Despite the powerful bop-oriented music they consistently recorded, the band would break up in a year, only to regroup with great success in 1959."[3]
All compositions by Nat Adderley except as indicated
Recorded at Capitol Studios in New York City on February 7 (tracks 1-3 & 5), February 8 (tracks 7 & 8), February 11 (track 4), and March 6 (track 6), 1957