Cannonball Adderley Quintet
A brilliant jazz saxophonist who contributed to some of Miles Davis' greatest moments, Cannonball Adderley's soulful blues style cut through the more avant-garde and free-form sounds of the time and remained upbeat, direct and accessible. Born Julian Adderley on September 15, 1928, in Tampa, Florida, he was taught to play by his father and led army dance bands before getting his break in New York when he sat in with Oscar Pettiford's group. With his brother Nat Adderley on cornet, Adderley formed a quintet for his 1955 album Presenting Cannon Ball, later reissued as Presenting Cannonball. The album was not a success, but he continued to release a series of albums as a leader, building an audience along the way. Cannonball Adderley’s commercial profile rose even higher when he joined Miles Davis’s group and performed on his legendary albums Milestones (1958) and Kind of Blue (1959). Cannonball Adderley left Miles Davis’ group and put together a new quintet with his brother Nat Adderley, releasing a series of successful albums including The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago (1959), At the Lighthouse (1960), and The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1961). Balancing his quintet work with other projects like the Cannonball Adderley Sextet. he continued to resurrect his quintet sporadically throughout the rest of his career and released albums that were more experimental in nature including Great Love Themes (1966), Accent on Africa (1968), The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free (1970), and Pyramid (1974). Musicians who performed in Cannonball Adderley’s quintet throughout the years included: pianists Bobby Timmons, Victor Feldman, George Duke, Wynton Kelly, and Bill Evans; bassists Ray Brown, Sam Jones, Walter Booker, and Victor Gaskin; drummers Louis Hayes and Roy McCurdy; and saxophonists Charles Lloyd and Yusef Lateef. Cannonball Adderley suffered a stroke and died on August 8, 1975. Nat Adderley died on January 2, 2000.
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Nippon Soul
Jazz - Released by Original Jazz Classics on 1 Jan 1963
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The Best Of Capitol Years
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Jan 1991
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African Waltz
Jazz - Released by Original Jazz Classics on 1 Jan 1961
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The Quintet Plus
Jazz - Released by Original Jazz Classics on 11 May 1961
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The Price You Got To Pay To Be Free (Live In Los Angeles/1970)
Jazz - Released by Stateside on 1 Jan 1970
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At Newport
The George Shearing Quintet, Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Jazz - Released by Pablo on 1 Jan 2002
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Great Love Themes
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 May 1966
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Live in Lugano, 1963 (Live)
Jazz - Released by Blue Velvet on 17 Feb 2015
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Pyramid (Instrumental)
Jazz - Released by Concord Records on 1 Jan 1974
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Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual, Vol. 1
Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Jazz - Released by Jazz Casual Records on 28 Aug 2012
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At the Lighthouse (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Pleasure on 26 Apr 2017
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Complete Recordings
Jazz - Released by Lone Hill Jazz on 1 Jan 2007
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Volume 1: Montreal 1975 (Digitally Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Essential Media Group on 9 Nov 2010
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Live in Paris, Vol. 2 (April 15th, 1961)
Bebop - Released by Body & Soul on 4 May 2015
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