Cannonball Adderley
ALBUM
Una raccolta completa degli album di Cannonball Adderley, dalle prime produzioni ai successi più recenti.
Cannonball Adderley
Somethin' Else
Cannonball Adderley
Sophisticated Swing: The Emarcy Small-Group Sessions
Cannonball Adderley
Compact Jazz
Reissue
Cannonball Adderley
Ultimate Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley
Jazz Masters 31
Reissue
Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley's Finest Hour
Reissue
Cannonball Adderley
Jump For Joy
Cannonball Adderley
Sophisticated Swing
Cannonball Adderley
Julian Cannonball Adderley And Strings
Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball's Sharpshooters
Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley Sextet
Walk Tall: The David Axelrod Years
Ray Brown With The All-Star Big Band, Cannonball Adderley
Ray Brown With The All-Star Big Band
Cannonball Adderley, Rick Holmes, Nat Adderley Sextet
Soul Zodiac
Cannonball Adderley
The Black Messiah
Live At The Troubadour/1971Cannonball Adderley
Phenix
Cannonball Adderley
Riverside Profiles: Cannonball Adderley
International Version - no bonus discCannonball Adderley
Cannonball Enroute
Cannonball Adderley
Why Am I Treated So Bad!
Cannonball Adderley
Domination
2005 ReissueCannonball Adderley
Money In The Pocket
2005 ReissueCannonball Adderley
Cannonball Plays Zawinul
Cannonball Adderley, Ernie Andrews
Live Session!
Cannonball Adderley
Fiddler On The Roof
Cannonball Adderley
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
Cannonball Adderley
In Japan
Cannonball Adderley
Ballads
Cannonball Adderley
Them Dirty Blues
Cannonball Adderley, The Bossa Rio Sextet
Cannonball's Bossa Nova
Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley And The Poll Winners
Cannonball Adderley
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Live In Hollywood, CA / 1966Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Adderley
Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley
BIOGRAFIA
Born TAMPA ,Florida,09/15/1928/ Died: GARY,Indiana 08/08/1975
after his music studies in Tallahassee(1944/48) he became a high school band director at the Dillard High School/Fort Lauderdale (1948/50)in his native Florida , following in the footsteps of his educator-father(a trumpet player),before moving to New York in 1955. He initially planned to pursue graduate studies in Manhattan; but after sitting in with Oscar Pettiford's band at the Cafe Bohemia, the alto saxophonist became an instant sensation, hailed by many as the musician most likely to e the mantle of the late Charlie Parker. Despite misguided promotional efforts to christen him as "the new Bird," Adderley clearly had his own approach to the horn, which drew on the inspiration of Benny Carter as well as Parker. He took advantage of his early notoriety, however, by forming his first quintet, which featured his younger brother Nat Adderley on cornet. While the group struggled economically, Cannonball did draw the attention of Miles Davis,who featured the alto saxophonist in the immortal Miles Davis sextet (alongside John Coltrane and either Red Garland, Bill Evans,or Wynton Kelly) for two years beginning in late 1957.
In September 1959, Cannonball left Davis and reunited with Nat in a new Cannonball Adderley quintet. Recorded live one month later at San Francisco's Jazz Workshop, the band became an immediate success with their version of Bobby Timmons's sanctified waltz "This Here" and a leading practitioner of what came to be called soul jazz. Numerous other hits followed over the next 16 years as the band occasionally swelled to sextet size (with the inclusion of Yusef Lateef or Charles Lloyd) and featured such important pianist/composers as Barry Harris, Victor Feldman, Joe Zawinul,George Duke, and Hal Galper. Sam Jones and Louis Hayes formed the original rhythm section, to be succeeded later by Victor Gaskin,Walter Booker, and Roy McCurdy. At the heart of the group's success throughout its existence were Cannonball, one of the most impassioned alto (and, later, soprano) saxophonists in jazz history, and Nat,whose infectious compositions (including "Work Song" and "Jivesamba") formed a critical part of the band's book.
While a knack for interpreting funky crossover material such as Zawinul's "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" won the Adderley quintet one of the jazz world's largest audiences, Cannonball's personality also played a pivotal role in sustaining the band's prominence among fans worldwide. He was the most articulate and engaging of musicians,and he invariably educated his listeners with wry commentary that illuminated the music. He was also a voracious listener and talent scout who introduced several prominent musicians through both employing them in his ensemble and serving as a studio record producer. Cannonball was the one who called Wes Montgomery to the attention of Riverside Records, produced the debut recording of Chuck Mangione, and collaborated so brilliantly with a young Nancy Wilson. The open, affirmative personality he displayed on stage was reflected in his music, which over time was touched by the subtle eloquence of his former boss Miles Davis and the exploratory intensity of his Davis colleague John Coltrane.
Adderley also served as a prominent spokesperson for jazz through extensive television work and residencies at several universities.Shortly before his death following a stroke, he had recorded his original music for "Big Man," a "folk musical" based upon the life of John Henry.
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
ULTIME NEWS
08.10.2008
