title: Presenting Cannonball Adderley
text: # Presenting Cannonball Adderley
  
  Presenting Cannonball is the 1955 debut album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, released on the Savoy label, featuring a quintet with Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers, and Kenny Clarke. A 1994 Japanese CD release also included alternate takes of tracks from Adderley's recording debut previously released as Kenny Clarke's Bohemia After Dark (1955).
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz | |
  
  The Billboard review in 1955 stated: "This is strong, vibrant, swinging jazz of the moderate-modern school." The Penguin Guide to Jazz states: "Everything was already in place at the time of his 1955 debut with brother Nat playing the eternal second fiddle". The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Already at this early stage, Adderley was a powerful player with a soulful sound that was almost distinctive."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except where noted.
  
  * "Spontaneous Combustion" - 10:06
  * "Still Talkin' to Ya" - 8:58
  * "A Little Taste" - 5:06
  * "Caribbean Cutie" - 7:06
  * "Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) - 7:06
  * "With Apologies to Oscar" (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Nat Adderley) - 5:42 Bonus track on CD
  * "Late Entry" (Adderley, Adderley) - 3:16 Bonus track on CD
  * "Bohemia After Dark" (Oscar Pettiford) - 6:03 Bonus track on CD
  * "With Apologies to Oscar" [alternate take] (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Nat Adderley) - 5:42 Bonus track on CD
  * "A Little Taste" [alternate take] - 5:15 Bonus track on CD
  * "Bohemia After Dark" [alternate take] (Pettiford) - 5:45 Bonus track on CD
  
     * Recorded on June 28 (tracks 6-9 & 11), and July 14 (tracks 1-5 & 10), 1955
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
  * Nat Adderley – cornet (tracks 1-4 & 6-11)
  * Donald Byrd - trumpet (tracks 6, 8-9 & 11)
  * Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 6-9 & 11)
  * Horace Silver - piano (tracks 6-9 & 11)
  * Hank Jones - piano (tracks 1-5 & 10)
  * Kenny Clarke - drums
  * Paul Chambers - bass
  