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Cannonball Adderley Research Paper

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Cannonball Adderley

Cannonball Adderley was a great alto saxophone player. He was born on September 15, 1928 in Tampa, Florida, U.S. He then later died on August 8, 1975 (aged 46) Gary, Indiana, U.S. Adderley is remembered for his 1966 single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", a crossover hit on the pop charts, and for his work with trumpeter Miles Davis, including on the epochal album Kind of Blue (1959). He was the brother of jazz cornetist Nat Adderley a longtime member of his band.

He was the oldest of two boys and his father, Julian C. Adderley, a cornet player and respected musician encouraged Cannonball and his brother, Nat to explore their own musical interests. While Nat followed in his father’s footsteps and took up the cornet, …show more content…

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Cannonball Adderley

Cannonball Adderley was a great alto saxophone player. He was born on September 15, 1928 in Tampa, Florida, U.S. He then later died on August 8, 1975 (aged 46) Gary, Indiana, U.S. Adderley is remembered for his 1966 single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", a crossover hit on the pop charts, and for his work with trumpeter Miles Davis, including on the epochal album Kind of Blue (1959). He was the brother of jazz cornetist Nat Adderley a longtime member of his band.

He was the oldest of two boys and his father, Julian C. Adderley, a cornet player and respected musician encouraged Cannonball and his brother, Nat to explore their own musical interests. While Nat followed in his father’s footsteps and took up the cornet, Adderley migrated to the alto saxophone. He later learned to play tenor and soprano sax as well as the flute.“When I was going to school I used to eat anything,” he later explained. “So the kids called me Cannibal. Older people didn’t get the connection so they called me Cannonball.”In 1955, when an old friend saw him perform in New York City he called him by his hometown nickname and it remained with the saxophonist the rest of his

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