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1958 studio album by Cannonball Adderley From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Released1958
RecordedMarch 4, & 6, 1958
StudioBell Sound (New York City)
GenreJazz
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Cannonball's Sharpshooters
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedMarch 4, & 6, 1958
StudioBell Sound (New York City)
GenreJazz
Length37:19 (original LP)
LabelsEmArcy
MG 36135
Cannonball Adderley chronology
Cannonball Enroute
(1957)
Cannonball's Sharpshooters
(1958)
Somethin' Else
(1958)
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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. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 5:02
  3. "Fuller Bop Man" (Gil Fuller) - 3:43
  4. "Jubilation" (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley) - 5:25
  5. "Stay on It" (Dameron) - 4:38
  6. "If I Love Again" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 5:27
  7. "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) - 8:26
  8. "Fuller Bop Man" [alternate take] (Gil Fuller) - 8:59 Bonus track on CD reissue
    • Recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City on March 4 (tracks 1–2, 4 & 7) and March 6 (tracks 3, 5–6 & 8), 1958

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