Cannonball Adderley - Jessica's Birthday - 1963

Cannonball Adderley - alto sax
Nat Adderley - cornet
Yusef Lateef - tenor sax, oboe, flute
Joe Zawinul - piano
Sam Jones - bass
Louis Hayes - drums

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Music

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• Cannonball
• Adderley
• Jazz

[conn6m]

Charlie Parker invented Bebop Phrasing - yes. However, transcribing Bird and Cannonball solos show the phrases are differen't - both players have a unique identity. You cannot dismiss Cannonball as a Parker clone because he isn't. Thoes second harmonic fingerings he's playing are more like Lester Young than Bird. I think he is Brilliant. Try copying any Cannonball solo exactly as played and you will ask yourself ' How the hell did he think that up' - neither Bird nor Coltrane but himself.5*

[JonP1961]

During the outro, it's hard to believe 5:48-5:55 is coming from only a 3-member horn section. Wow!

[arielrcalabria]

Julian, Nat, and Yusef. What can you say.

[nelthesax]

Is there anyone that can provide some cannonbal transcriptions??i need his music so i can learn some sax LOL!!this guy is amazing.

[InsertName125]

@conn6m One of the most informed (in fact ONLY informed) comments I've ever read to a jazz video on youtube. Thanks for sharing some reality.

[chrisdocstewart]

I am working my 1963 book and just finished this transcription. Cannonball never fails to amaze me! A love made in heaven. Doc Stewart

[hitzville81]

Cannonball could make a dead man's fingers snap. His swing should've been illegal.

[viggosimonsen]

Zawinul was really a great Bebop player

[exjazzbassbaz]

sam jones was a great swinging bass player but a short head behind ray brown and oscar knew it.the adderley bros had it over the rest by the same margin.great post many thanks.

[pierstheoneandonly]

Commented as much before, but this must have been a great band to be in. There's a real sense of comradeship and genuine, respectful, humility which I think wouldn't have been present in, say, Miles' combos. When Joe takes his solo, Cannonball and his brother exchange appreciative smiles as if to say: 'not bad..not bad at all'. Says much about these guys.

[holygroove2]

I don't get the Cannonball Parker thing. He came to NY after Bird died, and people called him the second coming of Bird. He was unquestionably influenced by Bird, as was everyone else. I do think that Cannonball took Bird's rhythmic thing and developed it into something uniquely his own. Neither Bird nor Cannonball got the acclaim they deservered b/c this country was different back then, and both men died young. He also developed his own sound. Cannonball was totally influenced by Bird.