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Profile of Julian Francis Adderley
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Julian Francis Adderley |
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24th August 1975 |
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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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. He joined the Miles Davis sextet in 1957, around the time that Sonny Rollins left the band. He played on the seminal Davis records, Milestones and Kind of Blue.
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. The Quintet and other combos included such noted musicians as pianists Bobby Timmons, Victor Feldman and Joe Zawinul (later of Weather Report), bassist Sam Jones, drummer Louis Hayes and saxophonists Charles Lloyd and Yusef Lateef. The group was noteworthy for achieving crossover success with pop audiences, without making artistic concessions.
The nickname "Cannonball" was a corruption of "cannibal", 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).
By the 1960s, Adderley's playing began to reflect the influence of the jazz avant-garde.
Songs made famous by Cannonball and his bands include 'This Here' (written by Bobby Timmons), 'The Jive Samba', 'Work Song' (written by Nat Adderley) and 'Mercy, Mercy, Mercy' (written by Joe Zawinul).
On his passing in 1975, Cannonball Adderley was buried in the Southside Cemetery, Tallahassee, Florida.
Joe Zawinul's composition "Cannon Ball" (recorded on Weather Report's album Black Market) is a tribute to his former employer.
Selected Discography
As a leader
- Somethin' Else (1958) - with Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Sam Jones, Art Blakey
- Cannnball Adderley Quintet in Chicago (1959) -with John Coltrane
- Quintet in San Francisco (1959)
- At the Lighthouse (1960)
- Them Dirty Blues (1960)
- Know What I Mean? (1961) - with Bill Evans
- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (1966)
- 74 Miles Away (1967)
- Accent On Africa (1968)
- The Country Preacher (1969)
- Inside Straight (1973)
- Phenix (1975)
Miles Davis
- Milestones (1958)
- Newport '58 (1958)
- Jazz at the Plaza (1958)
- Porgy and Bess (1958)
- Kind of Blue (1959)
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