Cannonball Adderley

Cannonball Adderley (Sept. 15, 1928 — Aug. 8, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and producer. He was the older brother of cornetist/trumpeter Nat Adderley and the uncle of keyboardist Nat Adderley Jr.

He was born Julian Edwin Adderley on September 15, 1928, in Tampla, Fla.

Discography:

• Julian Cannonball Adderley (1955 • Julian Cannonball Adderley)
  
• Presenting Cannonball (1955)
  
• In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
  
• Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings (1956)
  
• Sophisticated Swing (1957)
  
• Portrait of Cannonball (1958 • Julian Adderley Quintet)
  
• Somethin’ Else (1958)
  
• Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago (1959)
  
• Things Are Getting Better (1959 • Cannonball Adderley With Milt Jackson)
  
• Cannonball’s Sharpshooters (1959 • Julian “Cannonball” Adderley)
  
• The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959 • The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Featuring Nat Adderley)
  
• Jump for Joy (1959)
  
• Takes Charge (1959)
  
• Them Dirty Blues (1960 • The Cannonball Adderley Quintet)
  
• African Waltz (1961 • Cannonball Adderley and His Orchestra)
  
• Cannonball Adderley and The Poll-Winners (1961)
  
• Cannonball Enroute (1961)
  
• Plus (1961 • The Cannonball Adderley Quintet)
  
• Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley (1962 • Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley)
  
• Know What I Mean? (1962 • Cannonball Adderley With Bill Evans)
  
• Cannonball’s Bossa Nova (1963 • Cannonball Adderley With The Bossa Rio Sextet of Brazil)
  
• Fiddler on the Roof (1965)
  
• Domination (1965)
  
• Great Love Themes (1966 • The Cannonball Adderley Quintet With Strings)
  
• Two for the Blues (1966 • Cannonball Adderley & Ray Brown)
  
• Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! (1967 • The Cannonball Adderley Quintet)
  
• Accent on Africa (1968 • The Cannonball Adderley Quintet)
  
• Planet Earth (1969 • Cannonball Adderley Sextet)
  
• Guest Artist “Cannonball” Adderly (1969 • Eric Dolphy / Bennie Green / Cannonball Adderley)
  
• The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra (1970 • The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra)
  
• Cannonball Adderley and Friends (1971)
  
• The Black Messiah (1971)
  
• In New Orleans (1971 • The Adderley Brothers)
  
• Soul Zodiac (1972 • Cannonball Adderley & The Nat Adderley Sextet)
  
• Pyramid (1974 • The Cannonball Adderley Quintet)
  
• Love, Sex, and the Zodiac (1974)
  
• Big Man (1975)
  
• Nat & Julian Cannonball Adderley at their Rare of all Rarest Performances (archival, 1975 • Nat & Julian “Cannonball” Adderley)
  
• Phenix (1975)
  
• Lovers… (1976)
  
• Ease It (1984 • Paul Chambers / Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley)
  
• Discoveries (archival, 1987)
  
• Bohemia After Dark (2017 • Kenny Clarke, “Cannonball” Adderley, Horace Silver)

Sources:

• Discogs: Cannonball Adderley