Cannonball's Sharpshooters

Cannonball's Sharpshooters
Studio album by Cannonball Adderley
Released	1958
Recorded	March 4, & 6, 1958
Genre	Jazz
Length	52:12
Label	EmArcy MG 36135
Cannonball Adderley chronology
Cannonball Enroute (1957) Cannonball's Sharpshooters (1958) Somethin' Else (1958)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Cannonball's Sharpshooters is the seventh album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, and his second released on the EmArcy label, featuring performances with Nat Adderley, Junior Mance, Sam Jones, and Jimmy Cobb.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and states "Excellent bebop comes from the great altoist Cannonball Adderley and his original quintet".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Our Delight" (Tadd Dameron) - 4:38
2. "Jubilation" (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley) - 5:25
3. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 5:02
4. "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) - 8:26
5. "If I Love Again" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 5:27
6. "Fuller Bop Man" (Curtis Fuller) - 3:43
7. "Stay on It" (Dameron) - 4:38
8. "Fuller Bop Man" [alternate take] (Curtis Fuller) - 8:59 Bonus track on CD reissue

• • Recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City on March 4 (tracks 1-4) and March 6 (tracks 5-8), 1958

Personnel

• Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
• Nat Adderley – cornet
• Junior Mance - piano
• Sam Jones - bass
• Jimmy Cobb - drums

References

1. Allmusic Review
2. Cannonball Adderley discography accessed 14 October 2009
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 14 October 2009