Cannonball Takes Charge Explained

Cannonball Takes Charge
Type:	Album
Artist:	Cannonball Adderley
Cover:	Cannonball Takes Charge.jpg
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
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.^[2]

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz said that "Cannonball Takes Charge is perhaps only ordinary."^[3] The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and states: "Cannonball Adderley is in top form on this 1959 release."^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated

1. "If This Isn't Love" (Burton Lane, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 5:32
2. "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 5:34
3. "Serenata" (Leroy Anderson) – 4:16
4. "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:39
5. "Barefoot Sunday Blues" – 7:03
6. "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) – 5:10
7. "I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) – 6:55
8. "Barefoot Sunday Blues" [alternative take] – 7:48 Bonus track on CD
9. "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)

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=NgoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Cannonball+Takes+Charge+303&pg=PA53 Billboard Aug 31, 1959
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/cannonball-adderley/catalog/#riverside-rlp-12-303 Cannonball Adderley discography
3. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette. 2nd. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 1994. Penguin. London. 0-14-017949-6. 10.
4. Dryden, K. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r601956|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review], accessed October 19, 2009.