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          Cannonball's only brass partner has always been his brother Nat. Their dad was a trumpet player.!

          Cannonball Adderley

          American jazz saxophonist (1928–1975)

          Musical artist

          Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was an American jazzalto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.[1][2][3][4]

          Adderley is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy",[5] which was written for him by his keyboardist Joe Zawinul and became a major crossover hit on the pop and R&B charts.

          Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley was born on Sept.

        1. Julian and his brother, trumpeter Nat Adderley, had journeyed from their home in Florida to New York to spend some time in the city soaking up the jazz scene.
        2. Cannonball's only brass partner has always been his brother Nat. Their dad was a trumpet player.
        3. His father is trumpeter Nat Adderley, brother and longtime bandmate to legendary jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley.
        4. After parting company with Davis in , Adderley enlisted his cornetist brother for his own quintet.

          5. A cover version by the Buckinghams, who added lyrics, also reached No. 5 on the charts. Adderley worked with Miles Davis, first as a member of the Davis sextet, appearing on the seminal records Milestones (1958) and Kind of Blue (1959), and then on his own 1958 album Somethin' Else.

          He was the elder brother of jazz trumpeter Nat Adderley, who was a longtime member of his band.[6]

          Early life and career

          Julian Edwin Adderley