Straight no Chaser - Cannonball Adderley.mov

Straight No Chaser Adderley Cannonball 1974

Cannonball Adderley alto sax, Nat Adderley trumpet, George Duke piano, Walter Bocker bass and Roy McCurdy were the Adderley Quintet.
In 1974 they performed as part of the Newport Jazz Festival in a concert in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
"Cannonball" Adderley (1928 - 1975), originally from Tampa, Florida, was a jazz alto saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s.
The nickname "Cannonball" was a childhood nickname for the portly saxophonist. An articulate speaker with an easy manner, Cannonball educated, amused, and informed his audiences in clubs and on television about the art and moods of jazz (he was a music teacher before beginning his jazz career).
His professional career was long established prior to teaching applied instrumental music classes at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Cannonball was a local legend in Florida until he moved to New York City in 1955.
He joined the Miles Davis sextet in 1957, around the time that John Coltrane left the group to join Thelonious Monk's band. (Coltrane would return to Davis's group in 1958). Adderley played on the seminal Davis records Milestones and Kind of Blue. Davis had this to say of Adderley's style: "He had a certain spirit. You couldn't put your finger on it, but it was there in his playing every night."

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jazz
• in
• europe
• cannoball
• addeley

[dickmace]

To this day my favorite alto player. No one comes close

[arakami]

Cannonball is definitely the most swinging saxophone player that has ever lived.

[vagif330]

C. Adderley is the most cheerful musician in jazz.

[HendrixcommaMartin]

That was one bitchin' piano solo.

[furtherdefinitions]

Only a non-musician would make a statement that only one player should be the only man to touch an alto saxophone, or for that matter any instrument. Cannonball was great, without a doubt, but so were his predecessors Benny Carter and Johnny Hodges, and of course Charlie Parker, and his contemporaries of different styles that were great like Paul Desmond. When it comes to music, people should just listen and not speak.

[exjazzbassbaz]

adderley bros.the best.nuff said.great post.many thanks.

[mustangmaniac1983]

@speaker3600

Dam right man. Many thanks to Shawn Lane, may he R.I.P., for mentioning Cannonball Adderley in his video. Otherwise I might have missed out. Not usually my cup of tea, but this is great!

[speaker3600]

thumbs up if shawn lane brought you here

[Tedmund13]

A friend once told me "Cannonball is the only man who should ever be allowed to touch an Alto Sax." I believe there may be a few others, but this cat really takes the cake.

[saxoffender17]

I believe George Duke quoted Bill Evans' solo to autumn leaves, anybody else hear it?

[queekers]

C A N N O N B A L L F U C K I N S W I N G S

[XicoFlavio]

Monk and Cannon at same planet ? Oh my God.

Thanks for this nice moment.

xF