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 with Milt Jackson

Title:  Things Are Getting Better (Limited Edition) (2024)

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

Label:  L.M.L.R.

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Blues Oriental (4:55)

 2.  Things Are Getting Better (7:07)

 3.  Serves Me Right (4:42)

 4.  Groovon' High (5:16)

Side 2:

 1.  The Sidewalks Of New York (6:57)

 2.  Sounds For Sid (6:20)

 3.  Just One Of Those Things (6:41)

Personnel:

Cannonball Adderley:  Alto Saxophone

Milt Jackson:  Vibes

Wynton Kelly:  Piano

Percy Heath:  Bass

Art Blakey:  Drums

Things Are Getting Better is the 11th album by Cannonball Adderley with Milt Jackson, originally released on February 1959 by Riverside, remastered and reissued on December 26, 2024 by L.M.L.R.  Collector's Edition Limited to 1,000 Copies 180 Gram Vinyl.