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Cannonball Adderley

Cannonball Adderley has been played over 50 times on NTS, first on 2 June 2013. Cannonball Adderley's music has been featured on 51 episodes.

Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was a jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.

Adderley is remembered for his 1966 single "Mercy Mercy Mercy", a crossover hit on the pop charts, and for his work with trumpeter Miles Davis, including on the epochal album Kind of Blue (1959). He was the brother of jazz cornetist Nat Adderley, a longtime member of his band.

The name 'Canonball' is supposed to have originated…

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Behold
Cannonball Adderley, The Nat Adderley Sextet, Rick Holmes
Capitol Records1972
Behold
Cannonball Adderley, The Nat Adderley Sextet, Rick HolmesCapitol Records1972
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Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
"Cannonball" Adderley
Capitol Records1966
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
"Cannonball" AdderleyCapitol Records1966
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Fun In The Church
Cannonball Adderley, The Nat Adderley Sextet, Rick Holmes
Capitol Records1972
Fun In The Church
Cannonball Adderley, The Nat Adderley Sextet, Rick HolmesCapitol Records1972
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Space Spiritual
Cannonball Adderley, The Nat Adderley Sextet, Rick Holmes
Capitol Records1972
Space Spiritual
Cannonball Adderley, The Nat Adderley Sextet, Rick HolmesCapitol Records1972
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Waltz For Debby
Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans
Riverside Records1963
Waltz For Debby
Cannonball Adderley, Bill EvansRiverside Records1963
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Capricorn
Cannonball Adderley
Capitol Records1972
Capricorn
Cannonball AdderleyCapitol Records1972
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Eye Of The Cosmos
Cannonball Adderley
Capitol Records1971
Eye Of The Cosmos
Cannonball AdderleyCapitol Records1971
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Love For Sale
Cannonball Adderley
Blue Note1958
Love For Sale
Cannonball AdderleyBlue Note1958
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Black Messiah
Cannonball Adderley
Elemental Music2024
Black Messiah
Cannonball AdderleyElemental Music2024
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Why? (Am I Treated So Bad)
"Cannonball" Adderley
Capitol Records1967
Why? (Am I Treated So Bad)
"Cannonball" AdderleyCapitol Records1967
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