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{{Album ratings| rev1 = Allmusic4FIRST=STEPHEN WORK=ALLMUSIC.COM ACCESS-DATE=1 AUGUST 2011, | rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz3|4}}}}Portrait of Cannonball (1958) is the ninth album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, and his first release on the Riverside label, featuring performances by Blue Mitchell, Bill Evans, Sam Jones, and Philly Joe Jones.Cannonball Adderley discography; accessed 14 October 2009.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4 stars and states: “Everyone is in top form on a varied set.... One of the highlights from Adderley’s hard bop prime”.Cook, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r134297|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed 14 October 2009 The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars stating ”Portrait of Cannonball (which includes three alternate takes on the CD issue) finds Blue Mitchell taking some welcome limelight – though he sounds no more facile than the oft-maligned Nat - and an early glimpse of Bill Evans finding his way through “Nardis“”.BOOK, Cook, Richard, Richard Cook (journalist), Brian Morton, Brian Morton (Scottish writer), The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 1992, 8th, The Penguin Guide to Jazz, 2006, Penguin, London, 978-0-141-02327-4, 9, registration,archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_1/page/9,

Track listing

All compositions by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley except as indicated

1. “Minority” (Gigi Gryce) - 7:05
2. “Straight Life” - 5:32
3. “Blue Funk” (Sam Jones) - 5:34
4. “A Little Taste” - 4:40
5. “People Will Say We’re in Love” (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 9:42
6. “Nardis” (Miles Davis) - 5:33
7. “Minority” [alternate take 2] (Gryce) - 7:32 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. “Minority” [alternate take 3] (Gryce) - 7:12 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. “Nardis” [alternate take 4] (Davis) - 5:35 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
• Blue Mitchell - trumpet
• Bill Evans - piano
• Sam Jones - bass
• Philly Joe Jones - drums

References

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