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Cannonball Adderley

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Cannonball Adderley

From
Tampa, United States
Active
1928–1975
Rating
★ 4 (2 votes)
Releases
159
  • jazz
  • hard bop
  • soul jazz
  • jazz fusion
  • modal jazz

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Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Adderley is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", 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.

From Cannonball Adderley on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Albums 50
EPs 2
Singles 9
Live 26
Compilations 70

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Cannonball Adderly · Julian Adderley · Julian Cannonball Adderley · Julian Cannonball Adderly · Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley · Julian “Cannonball” Adderley · Дж. К. Адърли

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  • jazz musicians
  • saxophonists

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ISNI
000000011566991X
IPI
00000179139

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