Presenting Cannonball Adderley
      
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Presenting Cannonball Adderley 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.[2] 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."[3] The CD release included bonus tracks of alternate takes of tracks from Adderley's recording debut originally released as Kenny Clarke's Bohemia After Dark (1955).
Track listing
- All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated
-  "Spontaneous Combustion" - 10:06
-  "Still Talkin' to Ya" - 8:58
-  "A Little Taste" - 5:06
-  "Caribbean Cutie" - 7:06
-  "Flamingo" (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya) - 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 in New York City on June 28 (tracks 6-9 & 11), and July 14 (tracks 1-5 & 10), 1955
 
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