Cannonball Adderley discography

This discography of jazz saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley includes albums released under his own name and albums to which he made significant contributions.

Discography

As leader

Title	Year Recorded	Label	Year Released
Presenting Cannonball Adderley	1955	Savoy	1955
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley	1955	EmArcy	1955
Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings	1955	EmArcy	1955
In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley	1956	EmArcy	1956
Sophisticated Swing	1957	EmArcy	1957
Cannonball Enroute	1957	Mercury	1961
Cannonball's Sharpshooters	1958	Mercury	1958
Somethin' Else – with Miles Davis	1958	Blue Note	1958
Portrait of Cannonball	1958	Riverside	1958
Jump for Joy	1958	EmArcy	1958
Things Are Getting Better – with Milt Jackson	1958	Riverside	1958
Blue Spring – with Kenny Dorham	1959	Riverside	1959
Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago – with John Coltrane	1959	Mercury	1959
Cannonball Takes Charge	1959	Riverside	1959
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco	1959	Riverside	1959
Them Dirty Blues	1960	Riverside	1960
Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners – with Wes Montgomery	1960	Riverside	1960
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse	1960	Riverside	1960
Know What I Mean? – with Bill Evans	1961	Riverside	1961
African Waltz – with orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins	1961	Riverside	1961
Plus	1961	Riverside	1961
Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley	1961	Capitol	1961
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York	1962	Riverside	1962
Cannonball in Europe!	1962	Riverside (Europe)	1964
Jazz Workshop Revisited	1962	Riverside	1962
Cannonball's Bossa Nova	1962	Riverside	1962
Autumn Leaves	1963	Riverside (Japan)	1975
Nippon Soul	1963	Riverside	1963
The Sextet	1962–63	Milestone	1982
Cannonball Adderley Live!	1964	Capitol	1964
Live Session! – with Ernie Andrews	1964	Capitol	1964
Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof	1964	Capitol	1964
Domination – with orchestra conducted by Oliver Nelson	1965	Capitol	1965
Money in the Pocket	1966	Capitol	2005
Great Love Themes – with strings conducted by Ray Ellis	1966	Capitol	1966
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club"	1966	Capitol	1967
Cannonball in Japan	1966	Capitol	1966
Swingin' In Seattle, Live At The Penthouse	1966–67	Reel to Real	2019
Radio Nights	1967–68	Night/Virgin	1990
74 Miles Away	1967	Capitol	1967
Why Am I Treated So Bad!	1967	Capitol	1967
In Person – with Lou Rawls and Nancy Wilson	1968	Capitol	1968
Accent on Africa	1968	Capitol	1968
Country Preacher	1969	Capitol	1969
Legends Live - Cannonball Adderley Quintet	1969	Jazzhaus	2012
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra	1970	Capitol	1970
Love, Sex, and the Zodiac	1970	Fantasy	1974
The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free	1970	Capitol	1970
The Happy People	1970	Capitol	1972
The Black Messiah	1971	Capitol	1971
Music You All	1972	Capitol	1976
Inside Straight	1973	Fantasy	1973
Pyramid	1974	Fantasy	1974
Phenix	1975	Fantasy	1975
Lovers	1975	Fantasy	1975
Big Man: The Legend of John Henry	1975	Fantasy	1975
Cannonball Volume 1 (Montreal 1975)	1975	Dobre DR-1008	2010

As sideman

With Nat Adderley

• Introducing Nat Adderley (Wing, 1955)
• To the Ivy League from Nat (EmArcy, 1956)
• That's Right! (EmArcy, 1960)
• In the Bag (Jazzland, 1962)
• Soul Zodiac (Capitol, 1972)
• Soul of the Bible (Capitol, 1972)
• Double Exposure (Prestige, 1975)

With Miles Davis

• Milestones (Columbia, 1958)
• Miles & Monk at Newport (Columbia, 1964) – live. also released on Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4.
• Porgy and Bess (Columbia, 1959) – recorded in 1958
• Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959)
• Jazz at the Plaza (Columbia, 1973) – live recorded in 1958
• 1958 Miles (Columbia, 1974)– recorded in 1958

With Ray Brown

• Ray Brown with the All-Star Big Band (Verve, 1962)
• Two for the Blues (Verve, 1966)

With others

• Kenny Clarke, Bohemia After Dark (Savoy, 1955)
• Sarah Vaughan, In the Land of Hi-Fi (EmArcy, 1955)
• Dinah Washington, In the Land of Hi-Fi (EmArcy, 1956)
• Milt Jackson, Plenty, Plenty Soul (Atlantic, 1957)
• Louis Smith, Here Comes Louis Smith (Blue Note, 1958) – credited as "Buckshot La Funke"
• Gil Evans, New Bottle Old Wine (World Pacific, 1958)
• John Benson Brooks, Alabama Concerto (Riverside, 1958)
• Machito, Kenya (Roulette, 1958)
• Paul Chambers, Go (Vee-Jay, 1959)
• Philly Joe Jones, Drums Around the World (Riverside, 1959)
• Jon Hendricks, A Good Git-Together (World Pacific, 1959)
• Jimmy Heath, Really Big! (Riverside, 1960)
• Sam Jones, The Chant (Riverside, 1961)
• Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Back Door Blues (Riverside, 1962)
• Oscar Peterson, Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! (1962)
• Joe Williams, Joe Williams Live (Fantasy, 1973)
• Gene Ammons, Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (Prestige, 1973)
• David Axelrod, Heavy Axe (Fantasy, 1974)
• Raul de Souza, Colors (Milestone, 1975) – recoded in 1974

As a producer

• The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!! (1960) - David Newman & James Clay
• A Portrait of Thelonious (1961) - Bud Powell
• Tribute To Cannonball (1961) - Don Byas & Bud Powell

Compilations

• Discoveries (1955) - compiles alternate takes from Presenting Cannonball Adderley and Kenny Clarke's Bohemia After Dark
• Cannonball Adderley Greatest Hits (1962)
• The Japanese Concerts (1975) - compiles Autumn Leaves & Nippon Soul
• The Best of Cannonball Adderley: The Capitol Years (1991)
• Deep Groove! The Best of Cannonball Adderley (1994)
• Sophisticated Swing: The EmArcy Small Group Sessions (1995) - compiles Sophisticated Swing, Cannonball Enroute, Cannonball's Sharpshooters, & Nat Adderley's To the Ivy League from Nat
• Greatest Hits: The Riverside Years (1998)
• Ultimate Cannonball Adderley (1999) compiled by Joe Zawinul
• Cannonball Adderley's Finest Hour (2001)
• The Definitive Cannonball Adderley (2002)
• Walk Tall: The David Axelrod Years (Stateside, 2006)[2CD]

References

• Cannonball Adderley Discography Project accessed November 5, 2009
• The Cannonball Adderley Rendez-vous accessed November 5, 2009