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[[File:Cannonball1961 (crop).jpg|thumb|Nat and Cannonball Adderley in Amsterdam, 1961]]
'''[[w:Julian Cannonball Adderley|Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley]]''' (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975), originally from Tampa, Florida, was a [[w:jazz|jazz]] alto saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s.

'''[[w:Julian Cannonball Adderley|Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley]]''' (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975), originally from Tampa, Florida, was a [[jazz]] alto saxophonist who mainly performed in small combos.


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== Quotes ==
== Quotes ==
* A young tenor player was complaining to me that Coleman Hawkins made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to make him nervous! Hawkins has been making other sax players nervous for forty years!
* A young tenor player was complaining to me that [[w:Coleman Hawkins|Coleman Hawkins]] made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to make him nervous! Hawkins has been making other sax players nervous for forty years!
** [http://www.newtojazz.com/artist.asp?id=10&section=guides New to Jazz Artist page]
** [http://www.newtojazz.com/artist.asp?id=10&section=guides New to Jazz Artist page]


* I keep reverting (to Duke Ellington), he to me is the greatest ever and my favorite jazz philosopher, as such.
* I keep reverting (to [[Duke Ellington]]), he to me is the greatest ever and my favorite jazz philosopher, as such.
** Interviewed by the "Chicago SEED", November 1968
** Interviewed by the "Chicago SEED" (November 1968)


* There's no future without the past and anybody who doesn't really understand where jazz has come from has no right to try to direct where it's going.
* There's no future without the past and anybody who doesn't really understand where jazz has come from has no right to try to direct where it's going.
** Interviewed by the "Chicago SEED", November 1968
** Interviewed by the "Chicago SEED" (November 1968)


== External links ==
== External links ==
{{wikipedia|Julian Cannonball Adderley}}
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Latest revision as of 13:19, 5 August 2023

Nat and Cannonball Adderley in Amsterdam, 1961

Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975), originally from Tampa, Florida, was a jazz alto saxophonist who mainly performed in small combos.

Quotes

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  • A young tenor player was complaining to me that Coleman Hawkins made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to make him nervous! Hawkins has been making other sax players nervous for forty years!
  • I keep reverting (to Duke Ellington), he to me is the greatest ever and my favorite jazz philosopher, as such.
    • Interviewed by the "Chicago SEED" (November 1968)
  • There's no future without the past and anybody who doesn't really understand where jazz has come from has no right to try to direct where it's going.
    • Interviewed by the "Chicago SEED" (November 1968)
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