Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-36135: Cannonball's Sharpshooters

MG-36135: Cannonball's Sharpshooters / Julian “Cannonball” Adderley

Label Type :	blue Mercury/EmArcy type D
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG-36135-A5 FF
	SIDE-B	MG-36135-B-3 FF

Comments

Equivalent release: EmArcy SR-80018 (stereo).

Later reissued as Mercury MG-20531 (mono) and Mercury SR-60208 (stereo).

Inside The Groove

Another nice driving hard-bop session by Cannonball and his pals.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Cannonball Adderley's EmArcy/Mercury era - unlike the famous Riverside era, his early EmArcy sessions seems to be a bit underrated. This 1958 session, however, is another fine example of how Cannonball's play based on Hard-Bop idiom sounded well. These are not the Cannonball's best performances indeed, but still a refreshing blowing session from this period.

By the way, why B-3 is credited as “written by J. Adderley” on the back cover - huh? execuse me sir? (grin)

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	17030 (JB193)	Our Delight (Dameron)	4:38
A-2	17032 (JB195)	What's New (Haggart - Burke)	5:02
A-3	17037-1 (JB200)	Fuller Bop Man (J. Adderley)	3:43
A-4	17031 (JB194)	Jubilation (J. Adderley)	5:25
SIDE-B
B-1	17038-3 (JB201)	Stay On It (Dameron - Basie)	4:38
B-2	17034-2 (JB197)	If I Love Again (Rodgers - Hammerstein)	5:27
B-3	17033 (JB196)	Straight, No Chaser (~~J. Adderley~~ Thelonious Monk)	8:26

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

A-1, A-2, A-4, B-3:
Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (as), Nat Adderley (tp),
Junior Mance (p), Sam Jones (b), Jimmy Cobb (ds).
Recorded in New York City on March 4, 1958.

A-3, B-1, B-2:
same personnel as A-1.
Recorded in New York City on March 6, 1958.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (as) :

EmArcy MG-36043 : Julian “Cannonball” Adderley
EmArcy MG-36063 : Cannonball Adderley And Strings
EmArcy MG-36077 : In The Land Of Hi-Fi
EmArcy MG-36110 : Sophisticated Swing
EmArcy MG-36135 / SR-80018 : Cannonball's Sharpshooters
EmArcy MG-36146 / SR-80017 : Jump For Joy
Mercury MG-20449 / SR-60134 : Cannonball Adderley Quintet In Chicago
Mercury MG-20530 / SR-60207 : Jump For Joy (reissue of EmArcy MG-36146 / SR-80017)
Mercury MG-20531 / SR-60208 : Cannonball's Sharpshooters (reissue of EmArcy MG-36135 / SR-80018)
Mercury MG-20616 / SR-60616 : Cannonball Enroute
Mercury MG-20652 / SR-60652 : The Lush Side Of Cannonball (reissue of EmArcy MG-36063)
Limelight LM-82009 / LS-86009 : Cannonball And Coltrane (reissue of Mercury MG-20449 / SR-60134)

EmArcy MG-36058 : In The Land Of Hi-Fi / Sarah Vaughan
EmArcy MG-36086 : For Jazz Lovers / Various Artists
EmArcy MG-36087 : Bargain Day! / Various Artists
EmArcy MG-36091 : Introducing Nat Adderley / Nat Adderley (reissue of Wing MGW-60000)
EmArcy MG-36100 : To The Ivy League From Nat / Nat Adderley
Wing MGW-60000 : Introducing Nat Adderley / Nat Adderley