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Cannonball Adderley feat. Miles Davis " Autumn Leaves"

Cannonball Adderley feat. Miles Davis " Autumn Leaves" (10:59)

Somethin' Else is a 1958 album by jazz musician Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, regarded as a landmark album in the hard bop and cool styles. This critically-acclaimed album is notable for the presence and prominent...

Cannonball Adderley - Jive Samba - 1963

Cannonball Adderley - Jive Samba - 1963 (08:32)

Cannonball Adderley - alto sax Nat Adderley - cornet Yusef Lateef - tenor sax, oboe, flute Joe Zawinul - piano Sam Jones - bass Louis Hayes - drums

Mercy, mercy, mercy

Mercy, mercy, mercy (05:09)

Joe Zawinul's tune played by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet. Slideshow. ... Zawinul Adderley Mercy Jazz Quintet

Cannonball Adderley Sextet- Work Song

Cannonball Adderley Sextet- Work Song (06:13)

from Oscar Brown Jr's Jazz Scene. Nat Adderley, Louis Hayes, Sam Jones, Joe Zawinul, Yusef Lateef

Cannonball Adderley - Brother John - 1963

Cannonball Adderley - Brother John - 1963 (09:50)

Cannonball Adderley - alto sax Nat Adderley - cornet Yusef Lateef - tenor sax, oboe, flute Joe Zawinul - piano Sam Jones - bass Louis Hayes - drums

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Cannonball Adderley Biography

Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 - August 8, 1975) was a jazz alto saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s. Originally from Tampa, Florida, he moved to New York in the mid 1950s.

He was the brother of jazz cornetist Nat Adderley.

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Cannonball Adderley's Best Songs

  • 1. Autumn Leaves
  • 2. Dancing In The Dark
  • 3. Love For Sale
  • 4. Somethin' Else
  • 5. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
  • 6. One For Daddy-O
  • 7. Work Song
  • 8. Walk Tall
  • 9. Sticks
  • 10. Sack O' Woe
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Cannonball Adderley Discography

Cannonball Adderley albums.

  • Spontaneous Combustion - 14/02/2006 (Savoy Jazz/US)
  • Domination - 16/08/2005 (Capitol Jazz/US)
  • Cannonball Plays Zawinul - 20/04/2004 (Capitol Jazz/US)
  • Julian Cannonball Adderley - 10/06/2003 (Verve/US)
  • Fiddler on the Roof - 20/05/2003 (Capitol Jazz/US)
  • Cannonball Takes Charge - 13/08/2002 (Blue Note/US)
  • Them Dirty Blues - 06/06/2000 (Capitol Jazz/US)
  • Cannonball's Bossa Nova - 25/01/2000 (Capitol Jazz/US)
  • Phenix - 24/08/1999 (Fantasy/US)
  • Cannonball Adderley and the Poll Winners - 29/06/1999 (Capitol Jazz/US)
  • Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and Strings / Jump for Joy - 07/11/1995 (Verve/US)
  • Know What I Mean? - 24/03/1994 (Original Jazz Classics/US)
  • African Waltz - 01/07/1991 (Original Jazz Classics/US)
  • Portrait of Cannonball - 02/1989 (Original Jazz Classics/US)
  • The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York - (Original Jazz Classics/DE)
  • The Cannonball Adderley Collection, Volume 1 - Them Dirty Blues - (Landmark Records/JP)
  • Somethin' Else - (Blue Note/GB)
  • Phenix (disc 1) - (Fantasy/US)
  • Phenix (disc 2) - (Fantasy/US)
  • Love, Sex, and the Zodiac - (Fantasy/US)
  • In the Land of Hi-Fi - (Concert Hall/GB)
  • Things Are Getting Better (feat. Milt Jackson) - (Riverside/US)
  • Cannonball's Sharpshooters - (Mercury/US)

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