This discography of jazz saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley includes albums released under his own name and albums to which he made significant contributions.

Discography

As leader

Recording date	Title	Label	Year released	Notes
1955-07-14	Presenting Cannonball Adderley	Savoy	1955
1955-07-21, -29 1955-08-05	Julian "Cannonball" Adderley	EmArcy	1955
1955-10-27, -28	Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings	EmArcy	1955
1956-06-08, -18	In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley	EmArcy	1956
1957-02-06, -08, -11	Sophisticated Swing	EmArcy	1957
1957-02-07, -08, -11 1957-03-06	Cannonball Enroute	Mercury	1961
1958-03-04, -06	Cannonball's Sharpshooters	Mercury	1958
1958-03-09	Somethin' Else – with Miles Davis	Blue Note	1958
1958-07-01	Portrait of Cannonball	Riverside	1958
1958-08-20, -21	Jump for Joy	EmArcy	1958
1958-10-28	Things Are Getting Better – with Milt Jackson	Riverside	1958
1959-01-20 1959-02-18	Blue Spring – with Kenny Dorham	Riverside	1959
1959-02-03	Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago – with John Coltrane	Mercury	1959
1959-04-23, -07 1959-05-12	Cannonball Takes Charge	Riverside	1959
1959-10-18, -20	The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco	Riverside	1959	Live
1960-02-01 1960-03-29	Them Dirty Blues	Riverside	1960
1960-05-21 1960-06-05	Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners – with Wes Montgomery	Riverside	1960
1960-10-16	The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse	Riverside	1960	Live
1961-01-27 1960-02-21 1961-03-13	Know What I Mean? – with Bill Evans	Riverside	1961
1961-02-28 1961-05-09, -15	African Waltz – with orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins	Riverside	1961
1961-05-11	Plus	Riverside	1961
1961-06-27, -29 1961-08-23, -24	Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley	Capitol	1962
1962-01-12, -14	The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York	Riverside	1962	Live
1962-08-04, -05	Cannonball in Europe!	Riverside (Europe)	1964	Live
1962-09-22, -23	Jazz Workshop Revisited	Riverside	1962	Live
1962-12-07, -10, -11	Cannonball's Bossa Nova	Riverside	1963
1963-07-09, -14, -15	Nippon Soul	Riverside	1963	Live
1963-07-09, -14, -15	Autumn Leaves	Riverside (Japan)	1975	Live
1962-09-21 1963-07-09, -14	The Sextet	Milestone	1982	Live
1964-07-31 – 1964-08-02	Cannonball Adderley Live!	Capitol	1964	Live
1962-09-19 1964-10-04	Live Session! – with Ernie Andrews	Capitol	1964	Live
1964-10-19 – -21	Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof	Capitol	1964
1965-04-26	Domination – with orchestra conducted by Oliver Nelson	Capitol	1965
1966-03-18, -19, -20	Money in the Pocket	Capitol	2005	Live
1966-04-06, -07	Great Love Themes – with strings conducted by Ray Ellis	Capitol	1966
1966-08-26	Cannonball in Japan	Capitol	1966	Live
1966-10-20	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club"	Capitol	1967	Live
1967-03-06, -23	Why Am I Treated So Bad!	Capitol	1967
1967-06-12 1967-07-24	74 Miles Away	Capitol	1967
1966-06-15, -22 1967-10-06, -13	Swingin' In Seattle, Live At The Penthouse	Reel to Real	2019	Live
1967-12 1968-01	Radio Nights	Night/Virgin	1990	Live
1968-09-23 1968-10-07	In Person – with Lou Rawls and Nancy Wilson	Capitol	1968
1968-10-13, -14	Accent on Africa	Capitol	1968
1969-12 or 1970-01	Country Preacher	Capitol	1970	Live
1969-03-20	Liederhalle Stuttgart March 20, 1969	Jazzhaus	2012	Live
1970-06	The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra aka Experience in E	Capitol	1970
1970	Love, Sex, and the Zodiac	Fantasy	1974
1970-09-19 1970-10-05, -06	The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free	Capitol	1970	Partially live
1970	The Happy People	Capitol	1972	Live
1971-08-03 – 09	The Black Messiah	Capitol	1971	Live
1972	Music You All	Capitol	1976	Live
1973-06-04	Inside Straight	Fantasy	1973	Live
1974	Pyramid	Fantasy	1974
1975-02 – 1975-04	Phenix	Fantasy	1975
1975-06-24, -25, -30	Lovers	Fantasy	1976
1975	Big Man: The Legend of John Henry	Fantasy	1975	[2LP]

As sideman

With Nat Adderley

Introducing Nat Adderley (Wing, 1955)
To the Ivy League from Nat (EmArcy, 1956)
That's Right! (EmArcy, 1960)
In the Bag (Jazzland, 1962)
Soul Zodiac (Capitol, 1972)
Soul of the Bible (Capitol, 1972)
Double Exposure (Prestige, 1975)

With Miles Davis

Milestones (Columbia, 1958)
Miles & Monk at Newport (Columbia, 1964) – live. also released on Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4.
Porgy and Bess (Columbia, 1959) – recorded in 1958
Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959)
Jazz at the Plaza (Columbia, 1973) – live recorded in 1958
1958 Miles (Columbia, 1974)– recorded in 1958

With Ray Brown

Ray Brown with the All-Star Big Band (Verve, 1962)
Two for the Blues (Verve, 1966)

With others

Kenny Clarke, Bohemia After Dark (Savoy, 1955)
Sarah Vaughan, In the Land of Hi-Fi (EmArcy, 1955)
Dinah Washington, In the Land of Hi-Fi (EmArcy, 1956)
Milt Jackson, Plenty, Plenty Soul (Atlantic, 1957)
Louis Smith, Here Comes Louis Smith (Blue Note, 1958) – credited as "Buckshot La Funke"
Gil Evans, New Bottle Old Wine (World Pacific, 1958)
John Benson Brooks, Alabama Concerto (Riverside, 1958)
Machito, Kenya (Roulette, 1958)
Paul Chambers, Go (Vee-Jay, 1959)
Philly Joe Jones, Drums Around the World (Riverside, 1959)
Jon Hendricks, A Good Git-Together (World Pacific, 1959)
Jimmy Heath, Really Big! (Riverside, 1960)
Sam Jones, The Chant (Riverside, 1961)
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Back Door Blues (Riverside, 1962)
Oscar Peterson, Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! (1962)
Joe Williams, Joe Williams Live (Fantasy, 1973)
Gene Ammons, Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (Prestige, 1973)
David Axelrod, Heavy Axe (Fantasy, 1974)
Raul de Souza, Colors (Milestone, 1975) – recorded in 1974

As a producer

The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!! (1960) - David Newman & James Clay
A Portrait of Thelonious (1961) - Bud Powell
Tribute To Cannonball (1961) - Don Byas & Bud Powell

Compilations

Discoveries (1955) - compiles alternate takes from Presenting Cannonball Adderley and Kenny Clarke's Bohemia After Dark
Cannonball Adderley Greatest Hits (1962)
The Japanese Concerts (1975) - compiles Autumn Leaves & Nippon Soul
The Best of Cannonball Adderley: The Capitol Years (1991)
Deep Groove! The Best of Cannonball Adderley (1994)
Sophisticated Swing: The EmArcy Small Group Sessions (1995) - compiles Sophisticated Swing, Cannonball Enroute, Cannonball's Sharpshooters, & Nat Adderley's To the Ivy League from Nat
Greatest Hits: The Riverside Years (1998)
Ultimate Cannonball Adderley (1999) compiled by Joe Zawinul
Cannonball Adderley's Finest Hour (2001)
The Definitive Cannonball Adderley (2002)
Walk Tall: The David Axelrod Years (Stateside, 2006)[2CD]

References

Cannonball Adderley Discography Project accessed November 5, 2009
The Cannonball Adderley Rendez-vous accessed November 5, 2009

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Studio albums	Presenting Cannonball Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley Sophisticated Swing Cannonball Enroute Cannonball's Sharpshooters Somethin' Else Portrait of Cannonball Jump for Joy Things Are Getting Better Blue Spring Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago Cannonball Takes Charge Them Dirty Blues Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners Know What I Mean? African Waltz Plus Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley Cannonball's Bossa Nova Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof Domination Great Love Themes Accent on Africa The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra Love, Sex, and the Zodiac Inside Straight Pyramid Phenix Lovers
Live albums	The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York Cannonball in Europe! Jazz Workshop Revisited Autumn Leaves Nippon Soul Cannonball Adderley Live! Live Session! Money in the Pocket Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club" Cannonball in Japan Radio Nights 74 Miles Away Why Am I Treated So Bad! In Person Country Preacher The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free The Happy People The Black Messiah Music You All
Compilations	Discoveries The Japanese Concerts
Songs	"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"
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