Cannonball and nat adderley biography
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Cannonball Adderley
American jazz saxophonist (1928–1975)
Musical artist
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was an American jazzalto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.[1][2][3][4]
Adderley is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy",[5] which was written for him by his keyboardist Joe Zawinul and became a major crossover hit on the pop and R&B charts. A cover version by the Buckinghams, who added lyrics, also reached No. 5 on the charts. Adderley worked with Miles Davis, first as a member of the Davis sextet, appearing on the seminal records Milestones (1958) and Kind of Blue (1959), and then on his own 1958 album Somethin' Else. He was the elder brother of jazz trumpeter Nat Adderley, who was a longtime member of his band.[6]
Early life and career
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Nat Adderley
American malarkey cornet & trumpet contender (1931–2000)
Musical artist
Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000)[1] was an Land jazz trumpeter.[2] He was the junior brother take off saxophonist Solon "Cannonball" Adderley, with whom he played for numberless years.[1]
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Early life
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A few seconds past the five-minute mark in "So What," the opening track of Miles Davis's masterpiece album Kind of Blue, an alto sax moves to the front of the mix. The artist behind that solo was Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (1928-1975), one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century. Last year, our museum had the opportunity to collect the instrument that Adderley used to bring that solo and countless other pieces of music to life. As a curator, I learned that finding Adderley's horn and figuring out its history was a story all its own.
Cannonball was born in Tampa, Florida, to a family of educators. He followed in their footsteps as a high school band director. Influenced by the likes of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Charlie Parker, he came to national attention in 1955 when he moved to New York City. Cannonball performed often with his brother, Nat, a cornetist and trumpeter. Black history in the 1950s witnessed the dynamism of migration, urbanization, moves to industrial jobs, and the charting of new social and cultural attitudes. Cannonball’s music became part of the soundtrack for the 1950s and beyond.
The cool sophistication heard in Cannonball’s playing throughout the 1950s transformed into soulful preaching evident in his 1966 recording of “Mercy,