Cannonball Enroute

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and states "Cannonball Adderley's Mercury albums (most of which, like this LP, are long out-of-print) find the youthful altoist trying to unsuccessfully keep his quintet with brother Nat together. Despite the powerful bop-oriented music they consistently recorded, the band would break up in a year, only to regroup with great success in 1959."

Track listing

All compositions by Nat Adderley except as indicated

1. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:49
2. "Hoppin' John" - 4:37
3. "18th Century Ballroom" (Nat Adderley, Ray Bryant) - 3:55
4. "That Funky Train" - 5:51
5. "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) - 3:56
6. "I'll Remember April" (Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 5:33
7. "Porky" (Julian Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley) - 3:58
8. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 4:27

Recorded at Capitol Studios in New York City on February 7 (tracks 1-3 & 5), February 8 (tracks 7 & 8), February 11 (track 4), and March 6 (track 6), 1957

Personnel

Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone

Nat Adderley – cornet

Junior Mance - piano

Sam Jones - bass

Jimmy Cobb - drums

Technical

Marvin Glick - album design