Nat Adderley
- MatchNat Adderley
- 100%Blue Mitchell
- 93%Booker Little
- 93%Cannonball Adderley
- 92%Freddie Hubbard
- 91%Booker Ervin
- 90%Lee Morgan
- 81%Clifford Brown
- 80%Kenny Dorham
- 78%Barney Kessel
- 75%Thad Jones
Biography
Nathaniel Adderley, 25 November 1931, Tampa, Florida, USA, d. 1 January 2000, Lakeland, Florida, USA. The younger brother of Cannonball Adderley, Nathaniel was a singer until his voice broke and he took up the trumpet. In the early 50s he served in the army with his brother and played in the 36th Army Band. His professional break came in 1954, when Lionel Hampton asked him to join his riotously swinging, R&B-inflected big band; he stayed for only a year. Later he played with Woody Herman... Read more