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 Quintet

Title:  Cannonball Adderley Quintet In Chicago (Special Edition) (2025)

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

Label:  Ermitage Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Limehouse Blues (4:40)

 2.  Stars Fell Pn Alabama (6:14)

 3.  Wabash (5:46)

Side Two:

 1. Grand Central (4:33)

 2.  You're A Weaver Of Dreams (5:34)

 3.  The Sleeper (7:12)

Personnel:

Cannonball Adderley:  Alto Saxophone

John Coltrane:  Tenor Saxophone

Wynton Kelly:  Piano

Paul Chambers:  Bass

Jimmu Cobb:  Drums

Cannonball Adderley Quintet In Chicago is an album by Cannonball Adderley Quintet, originally released in 1959 by Mercury Records, remastered and reissued on February 21, 2025 by Ermitage Records.  Special Edition on Yellow Vinyl.