Erwin G. "Cannon Ball" Baker, (1882-1960), who travelled across the USA several times. In his honor, the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash (aka "The Cannonball Run") was created. The man and the race have inspired several films:
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Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 - August 8, 1975), originally from Tampa, Florida, was a jazz saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Cannonball was a local legend in Florida until he moved to New York in 1955.
The nickname "Cannonball" was a corruption of "cannibal", a childhood nickname for the portly saxophonist.
Cannonball's playing on classic Davis sessions like Milestones reveal a new discipline in the use of space and silence as well as a more adventurous harmonic ear.
However, Cannonball's distinctive tone and strong sense of thematic development are in evidence and help to distinguish the solo as his.
One for Daddy-o is vintage Cannonball, utilizing the straightforward funky blues that he could so effectively use to capture and audience and take it to many places it would normally have been unwilling to go.
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