Cannonball Takes Charge


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.

Reception

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

Track listing

  1. "If This Isn't Love" – 5:32
  2. "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" – 5:34
  3. "Serenata" – 4:16
  4. "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" – 3:39
  5. "Barefoot Sunday Blues" – 7:03
  6. "Poor Butterfly" – 5:10
  7. "I Remember You" – 6:55
  8. "Barefoot Sunday Blues" – 7:48 Bonus track on CD
  9. "I Remember You" – 6:52 Bonus track on CD

Personnel