Cannonball Takes Charge

Cannonball Takes Charge
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1959[1]
RecordedApril 23, 27 & May 12, 1959
StudioReeves Sound (New York City)
GenreJazz, hard bop
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Cannonball Adderley chronology
Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago
(1959)
Cannonball Takes Charge
(1959)
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco
(1959)

Cannonball Takes Charge is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Adderley with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb with Percy and Albert Heath replacing Chambers and Cobb on two selections.[2]