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Cannonball Takes Charge is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley released on the Riverside label.

The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and states: “Cannonball Adderley is in top form on this 1959 release.

Track listing:
All compositions by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley except as indicated
“If This Isn’t Love” (Burton Lane, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg) – 5:32
“I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry” (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 5:34
“Serenata” (Leroy Anderson) – 4:16
“I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star” (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:39
“Barefoot Sunday Blues” – 7:03
“Poor Butterfly” (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) – 5:10
“I Remember You” (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) – 6:55

Personnel: 
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – bass (tracks 1–4)
Jimmy Cobb – drums (tracks 1–4)
Percy Heath – bass (tracks 5–9)
Albert “Tootie” Heath – drums (tracks 5–9)

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Released: August 1959
Recorded: April 23, 27 & May 12, 1959
Studio: Reeves Sound (New York City)
Label: Riverside
Producer: Orrin Keepnews