Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975), originally from Tampa, Florida, was a jazz alto saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s. Image File history File links Cannonballadderley3. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Nickname: Location in Hillsborough County and the state of Florida. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about the city in Indiana, for other uses of Gary, see Gary (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music Musicians can be classified by their role in creating or performing music: A singer (or vocalist) uses his or her voice as an instrument. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was one of the most distinguished jazz musicians of the latter half of the 20th century. ... George Duke (born 12 January 1946) is a piano and synthesizer pioneer. ... Album cover of Eastern Sounds Dr. Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston, October 9, 1920) is an American jazz musician. ... Sam, Samantha or Samuel Jones can refer to a number of different people. ... Born,May 31, 1937 in Detroit, MI A superior hard bop drummer who has led many groups of his own, Louis Hayes led a band in Detroit as a teenager and was with Yusef Lateef during 1955-1956. ... Robert Henry Bobby Timmons (Born: December 19, 1935 in Philadelphia _ Died: March 1, 1974 in New York City) was an American jazz pianist and composer. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Nickname: Location in Hillsborough County and the state of Florida. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...

The nickname "Cannonball" was a childhood nickname for the portly saxophonist. An articulate speaker with an easy manner, Cannonball educated, amused, and informed his audiences in clubs and on television about the art and moods of jazz (he was a music teacher before beginning his jazz career).

An educator and a saxophonist

His educational career was long established prior to teaching applied instrumental music classes at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Cannonball was a local legend in Florida until he moved to New York City in 1955. Dillard High School (located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a high school in Broward County, Florida. ... Nickname: Venice of America Coordinates: Country United States State Florida County Broward Established 27 March 1911 Government  - Type Commission-Manager  - Mayor Jim Naugle Area  - City  36. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He joined the Miles Davis sextet in 1957, around the time that John Coltrane left the group to join Thelonious Monk's band. (Coltrane would return to Davis's group in 1958). Adderley played on the seminal Davis records Milestones and Kind of Blue. Davis had this to say of Adderley's style: "He had a certain spirit. You couldn't put your finger on it, but it was there in his playing every night." Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was one of the most distinguished jazz musicians of the latter half of the 20th century. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967), nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Milestones is an album recorded in February and March 1958 by Miles Davis. ... Kind of Blue is a jazz album by musician Miles Davis, released on August 17, 1959. ...

A band leader

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet featured Cannonball on alto sax and his brother Nat Adderley on cornet. Adderley's first quintet was not very successful. However, after leaving Davis' group, he reformed another, again with his brother, which enjoyed more success. Nathaniel Adderley (November 25, 1931 - January 2, 2000) was an American jazz cornetist who played in the hard bop and soul jazz genres. ...

The new quintet (which later became the Cannonball Adderley Sextet), and Cannonball's other combos and groups, included such noted musicians as:

• pianists Bobby Timmons, Victor Feldman, Joe Zawinul (later of Weather Report), and George Duke
• bassists Sam Jones, Walter Booker and Victor Gaskin
• drummers Louis Hayes and Roy McCurdy
• saxophonists Charles Lloyd and Yusef Lateef.

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Avant-garde movement

By the end of 1960s, Adderley's playing began to reflect the influence of the electric jazz avant-garde, and Miles Davis' experiments on the radical album Bitches Brew. On his albums from this period, such as The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free (1970), he began doubling on soprano saxophone, showing the influence of John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter. A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was one of the most distinguished jazz musicians of the latter half of the 20th century. ... Bitches Brew is an album recorded by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in 1969. ... The soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument. ... John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967), nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter in the 1960s quintet Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist. ...

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Songs made famous by Adderley and his bands include 'This Here' (written by Bobby Timmons), 'The Jive Samba', 'Work Song' (written by Nat Adderley), 'Mercy, Mercy, Mercy' (written by Joe Zawinul) and 'Walk Tall' (written by Zawinul, Marrow and Rein). A cover version of Roebuck Staples' 'Why (Am I Treated So Bad)?' also entered the charts. Roebuck Pops Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was a Mississippi-born gospel and R&B musician. ...

Alpha Phi Alpha crest.

Adderley was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America Incorporated, the largest and oldest secret society in music and Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest existing intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans (made Beta Nu chapter, Florida A&M University). [1] Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. ... Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. ... Alpha Phi Alpha (ΑΦΑ) is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans. ... Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. ... Phi Mu Alpha (ΦΜΑ) Sinfonia is a collegiate social fraternity for men of musicianly character. ... Alpha Phi Alpha (ΑΦΑ) is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans. ... The Greek alphabet is an alphabet that has been used to write the Greek language since about the 9th century BCE. It was the first alphabet in the narrow sense, that is, a writing system using a separate symbol for each vowel and consonant alike. ... The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words and , meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Optimist International, or the Shriners. ... Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU (pronounced fam-you), is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, the state capital, and is one of eleven institutions in Floridas State University System. ...

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Selected discography

Cover artwork for Adderley's Somethin' Else, probably Adderley's best known album.

As a leader

• Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings (1955)
• Somethin' Else (1958) - with Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Sam Jones, Art Blakey
• Things Are Getting Better (1958)
• Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago (1959) - with John Coltrane
• Quintet in San Francisco (1959)
• Cannonball and Coltrane (1959)
• At the Lighthouse (1960)
• Them Dirty Blues (1960)
• Know What I Mean? (1961) - with Bill Evans
• African Waltz (1961)
• The Quintet Plus (1961)
• Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley (1961)
• In New York (1962)
• Cannonball's Bossa Nova (1962)
• Jazz Workshop Revisited (1963)
• Nippon Soul (1963)
• Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
• Domination (1965) - Orchestrated and arranged by Oliver Nelson
• Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club' (1966)
• Cannonball in Japan (1966)
• Why Am I Treated So Bad! (1967)
• 74 Miles Away (1967)
• Radio Nights (1967)
• Accent On Africa (1968)
• Country Preacher (1969)
• The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free (1970)
• The Black Messiah (Live) (1972)
• Inside Straight (1973)
• Pyramid (1974)
• Phenix (1975)

with Miles Davis

• Milestones (1958)
• Miles & Monk at Newport (1958) (Monk performance is separate from Davis and Adderley performance)
• Jazz at the Plaza (1958)
• Porgy and Bess (1958)
• Kind of Blue (1959)

as a producer

• Wide Open Spaces (1960) - David Newman
• A Portrait of Thelonious (1961) - Bud Powell
• Don Byas & Bud Powell - Tribute To Cannonball (1961)

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External links

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• The Cannonball Adderley Rendez-vous
• Podcast with clip of Cannonball Adderley's duet with the Nutty Squirrels
• History with link to mp3 of Nutty Squirrels/Cannonball Adderley session
• Cannonball Adderley at All Music Guide