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Adderley, Cannonball
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Adderley, Cannonball
Source: Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition
Word Count: 3091928–1975
African American alto saxophonist who explored bebop, modal jazz, and soul-fusion styles. Born Julian Edwin Adderley in Tampa, Florida, Adderley earned the nickname “Cannonball,” a corruption of “cannibal,” for his huge appetite. Adderley was introduced to music by his father, a cornetist, and was performing in bands by the time he was fourteen. He played in local bands as well as in the United States Army (he enlisted in 1950) and taught music before moving to New York to join his brother Nat in 1955. He immediately found success on the New York Jazz scene, joining the bands of bassist Oscar Pettiford.The recordings Adderley made with Davis, which included John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Paul Chamberson bass, and Wynton Kelly on piano, are some of the most celebrated of the1959Charlie ...
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Source: American National Biography Online
Word Count: 1617 Includes: Bibliographyjazz saxophonist, was born Julian Edwin Adderley in Tampa, Florida, the son of Julian Carlyle Adderley, a high school guidance counselor and jazz cornet player, and Jessie Johnson, an elementary school teacher. The family moved to Tallahassee, where Adderley attended Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College High School from 1941 until 1944. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Florida A M in 1948, having studied reed and brass instruments with band director Leander Kirksey and forming, with Kirksey, a school jazz ensemble. He then worked as band director at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and jobbed with his own jazz group. ...
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