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Released
  
1958

Length
  
52:12

Artist
  
Cannonball Adderley

Label
  
Mercury Records

Recorded
  
March 4, & 6, 1958

Cannonball's Sharpshooters (1958)
  
Somethin' Else (1958)

Release date
  
1958

Genre
  
Jazz

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Similar
  
Cannonball Adderley albums, Jazz albums

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.

Contents

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".

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

    • Songs

    1Our Delight4:40
    2Jubilation5:29
    3What's New5:03

    References

    Cannonball's Sharpshooters Wikipedia
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