# Cannonball Adderley discography

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 a producer

* The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!! (1960) - David Newman & James Clay
* A Portrait of Thelonious (1961) - Bud Powell
* A 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]