Cannonball Adderley
- MatchCannonball Adderley
- 100%Cole Porter
- 100%Duke Ellington
- 100%Horace Silver
- 100%Sonny Rollins
- 93%Dexter Gordon
- 89%Hank Mobley
- 79%Lee Morgan
- 74%Wayne Shorter
- 72%Joe Henderson
- 66%Art Pepper
Biography
Julian Edwin Adderley, 15 September 1928, Tampa, Florida, USA, d. 8 August 1975, Gary, Indiana, USA. Cannonball Adderley was one of the great saxophonists of his generation. His fiery, blues-soaked interpretations of Charlie Parkers alto legacy brought jazz to many people hitherto untouched by it. In the 60s he launched a new genre, soul jazz, whose popularity has survived undiminished into the new millennium. Read more