| Discoveries | |
| Type: | Compilation album |
| Artist: | Cannonball Adderley |
| Cover: | Discoveries (album).jpg |
| Released: | 1987 |
| Recorded: | July 14, 1955 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 35:27 |
| Label: | Savoy |
| Prev Title: | Bohemia After Dark |
| Prev Year: | 1955 |
| Next Title: | Presenting Cannonball Adderley |
| Next Year: | 1955 |
Discoveries is a compilation album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley released on the Savoy label featuring alternate takes of tracks from Adderley's recording debut originally released as Kenny Clarke's Bohemia After Dark (1955) and his first album Presenting Cannonball Adderley (1955) performed by a quintet with Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers, and Kenny Clarke and a septet with Donald Byrd and Jerome Richardson added and Horace Silver replacing Jones.[1]
The Allmusic review by Rick Anderson states "Adderley plays beautifully throughout... Unfortunately, the sound quality of this disc varies (sometimes within a single track) more than it should for a recording of this vintage, and the disc's 35-minute length is another annoyance. But the weight of great performances by Adderley, Silver and the infallible Clarke/Chambers axis, combined with the disc's attractive price, make it a solid value. Highly recommended".[2] Several of these tracks were also included on the CD rerelease of Presenting Cannonball Adderley.
All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and Nat Adderley except as indicated