Both as the leader of his own bands as well as an alto and soprano saxophone stylist, Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley was one of the progenitors of the swinging, rhythmically robust style of music ...

Five Of A Kind; First Trip; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; The Scene; Cannonball Intro to Waban; Waban; Cannonball Intro To Country Preacher; Country Preacher. The great Julian "Cannonball" Adderley rose to ...

Cannonball Adderley was a mere 46 when he died, of a brain hemorrhage, in 1975. An alto saxophonist of robust intellect and irrefutable soul, he left a monumental legacy during his two decades in the ...

Two words best encapsulate the music of alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley: "joy" and "soul." It's those two qualities that helped make it possible for Cannonball's music to bridge the post ...

RIO RANCHO, N.M. -- A rare collection of previously unissued recordings by legendary jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley is becoming more accessible thanks to two small jazz labels seeking to keep ...

I recently bought a good vinyl cleaner and have been enjoying pulling out vintage vinyl, cleaning when necessary, and spinning it on the turntable. I also recently upgraded my phono cartridge and am ...

In Tallahassee, in the early 1940s, one might have heard Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood,” or Frank Sinatra crooning a love ballad on the radio. But, if you were in the right place you might have heard ...

From now on, Florida A&M University’s Institute for Research in Music and Entertainment Industry Studies will be known as The Julian "Cannonball" and Nat Adderley Music Institute. The honorary naming ...