Cannonball Adderley - Takes Charge (1959) {Landmark LCD-1306-2 rel 1987}

A hardbop classic from Cannonball Adderley – and one of his harder to find albums from the Riverside days! The set has Cannon playing without his usual group, in the context of an all-star batch of players that includes Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb – who he worked with in his time with Miles Davis – plus occasional guest rhythm work by Albert and Percy Heath. The set's strong and straight ahead – a good bridge between Cannon's early Mercury recordings, and his later albums for Riverside and Capitol – tightly crafted solos with a good deal of soul, Adderley holding down all the horn work on the record.


Personnel
Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
Wynton Kelly - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Jimmy Cobb - drums
Percy Heath - bass
Albert "Tootie" Heath - drums

Tracks
01 - If This Isn't Love
02 - I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
03 - Serenata
04 - I've Told Ev'ry Little Star
05 - Barefoot Sunday Blues [Take 3]
06 - Barefoot Sunday Blues [Take 1]
07 - Poor Butterfly
08 - I Remember You [Take 11]
09 - I Remember You [Take 12]