Cannonball Adderley

 

Artist:  Cannonball Adderley
Birth Name:  Julian Edwin Adderley
Born:  September 15, 1928.  Tampa, Florida, USA
Died:  August 8, 1975 (Aged 46).  Gary, Indiana, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Modal Jazz, Jazz Rock, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Teacher, Saxophonist
Instruments: Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

Cannonball Adderley was an American Jazz Saxophonist of the Hard Bop Era of the 1950s and 1960s.  He worked with Miles Davis on album King Of Blue (1959).  In 1966, his single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" a crossover hit on the Pop Charts.  He was with his brother Nat Adderley, a long time member of his band.

Artist:  Cannonball Adderley/Miles Davis

Title:  Somethin' Esle+Bonus Track. (2020)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Modal Jazz, Jazz Rock, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Ober Entertainment/20th Century Masterworks

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Autumn Leaves (11:01)

 2.  Love For Sale (7:07)

 3.  Fran-Dance (5:49)

Side B:

 1.  Somethin' Else (8:15)

 2.  One For Daddy-O (8:27)

 3.  Dancing In The Dark (4:09)

Personnel:

Cannonball Adderley:  Alto Saxophone

Miles Davis:  Trumpet

Hank Jones:  Piano

Sam Jones:  Bass

Art Blakey:  Drums

Somethin' Esle is an album by Cannonball Adderley/Miles Davis,  released on August 1958 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued in 2020 by Ober Entertainment/20th Century Masterworks, featuring Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Sam Jones, Art Blakey.