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Cannonball Adderley

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Aliases
Cannonball Adderley and His Orchestra
Cannonball Adderley Quartet
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet with Strings
Cannonball Adderley Sextet
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
The Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Quintet
Real name
Julian Edwin Adderley
Born
September 15, 1928
Died
August 8, 1975
Country
United States
IPI
00000179041 1 work
00000179139 15 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Hard bop, soul jazz and mainstream jazz alto saxophonist.
Family
Nat Adderley Brother
Nat Adderley Jr. Nephew
Related
Joe Zawinul Member of The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
i 18th Century Ballroom Julian "Cannonball" Adderley 1961 Unverified
i November 1967 (3 artists)
i 1955 (7 artists)
i 1957 Tony Kofi
i 1961 (4 artists)
i 1960 (11 artists)
i 1955 (51 artists)
i 1955 (3 artists)
i December 1969 (7 artists)
i 1960 (38 artists)
i Dizzy's Business The Cannonball Adderley Sextet 1962 Unverified
i March 1967 (2 artists)
i December 1966 Joe Jones [2]
i January 1971 David Axelrod
i 1959 (19 artists)
i 1963 (7 artists)
i 1968 (2 artists)
i December 1969 (6 artists)
February 1965 (13 artists)
1973 (5 artists)
i  REL 1960 (65 artists)
Originally by Donald Byrd REC
February 1962 (3 artists)
i December 1966 (174 artists)
i May 1967 The Dalton Jazz Ensemble
i March 1965 (2 artists)
i 1958 (188 artists)
i February 1962 (4 artists)
i  REC 1961 (78 artists)
Originally by Anthony Perkins REL,PRF
i 1964 (2 artists)
i 1958 (4 artists)
i May 1967 (2 artists)
i 1962 Gerald Albright
i June 1959 Wallace Roney
i Sewing Machine Cannonball Adderley December 1964 Unverified
i 1955 Gegè and the Boparazzi
i June 1959 Don Sickler, Jimmy Heath, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Billy Higgins
i February 1969 (19 artists)
i February 1962 (4 artists)
i 1961 (9 artists)
1972 (2 artists)
i 1963 (36 artists)
i September 1966 (7 artists)
i February 1959 (10 artists)
i 1959 (30 artists)
i October 1962 Sam Jones & Co.
i February 1962 (43 artists)
i 1968 (2 artists)
i 1959 (23 artists)
July 1967 (15 artists)
Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest

Covers by Cannonball Adderley

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i   April 1956 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
i March 1961 Galt MacDermot and His Trio
  February 1962 Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier REL,PRF
i 1961 Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
i   1958 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i 1963 Tamba Trio
i   October 1962 (unknown), Doretta Morrow, Richard Oneto & Chorus PRF, Peggy Lee REC
i   1956 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC,REL
February 1965 Marvin Jenkins
February 1965 Arthur Collins
i 1958 Charlie Parker Quintet
i 1960 Shelly Manne & His Men
i 1959 Kenny Clarke, Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Donald Byrd, Nat Adderley, Paul Chambers
January 1971 Milton Nascimento
i 1956 The Blue Stars
i December 1964 Zero Mostel
i   1964 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i 1963 João Gilberto
i   1958 Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
i 1960 Bobby Timmons
i October 1962 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Ward
February 1965 Harvey
i   December 1964 Zero Mostel, Maria Karnilova REL, Maria Karnilova and Zero Mostel PRF
i November 1971 Joe Zawinul
i 1960 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i   1964 Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD
i 1962 Bill Evans Trio
i April 1956 Muriel Angelus
i   December 1964 Zero Mostel and Chorus PRF,REL
i 1955 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
i 1962 Jimmy Heath
i 1962 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i Goodbye Charlie Cannonball Adderley October 1964 Unverified
i February 1959 Dizzy Gillespie and Cozy Cole - Slam Stewart - Remo Palmieri - Clyde Hart - Charlie Parker
February 1962 Juanita Hall
i 1959 Randy Weston
i March 1967 Nat Adderley
i   February 1962 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i   June 1966 Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
i April 1956 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Gracie Barrie
February 1969 Papa Freddie
i   May 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bob Lawrence REL, Rex Weber PRF
i   1959 Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Stardreamers REC, Russ Case and His Orchestra with Audrey Marsh, Jimmy Carroll and The Guild Choristers REL
February 1965 Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Covered by (7 artists)
i   1958 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
i 1959 Jane Withers
i 1961 Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid
i April 1956 Doris Day – Orchestra conducted by Percy Faith
i I'll Remember April Julian "Cannonball" Adderley 1961 Unverified
i 1956 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i November 1967 Vi Redd
i   1959 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly REC, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i October 1962 John Boles and Jeanette Loff with Paul Whiteman and Orchestra
i   June 1959 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   April 1956 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case REC,REL, Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley PRF
i   1959 Jack Denny and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Paul Small REC, Walter Slezak PRF
i 1963 Count Basie Orchestra
i 1958 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
i   February 1959 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i 1961 Wynton Kelly
i 1958 Ferd (Jelly Roll) Morton
i 1958 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i 1959 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i 1956 Gloria Grafton
i   1958 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i 1961 Billie Holiday
i 1958 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i   December 1964 Joanna Merlin, Julia Migenes, Tanya Everett REL, Julia Migenes, Tanya Everett, Joanna Merlin PRF
i 1990 Joe Zawinul
i 1963 Luiz Bonfá
i 1958 Gigi Gryce - Clifford Brown Sextet
i June 1966 Agostinho dos Santos
i October 1962 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
i 1962 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
  February 1962 Cannonball Adderley and The Poll-Winners, featuring Ray Brown, Wes Montgomery REC, Anthony Perkins REL,PRF
i 1961 James Clay
February 1965 Little Junior Parker and Bill Harvey's Band
i   December 1964 Bert Convy, Julia Migenes REC,REL,PRF
i 1963 Agostinho dos Santos
i May 1959 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i January 1971 Nat Adderley
i   1958 Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts PRF
i April 1956 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i 1959 Elizabeth Spencer
January 1971 Elis Regina, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
i 1955 Prince's Band
i 1958 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i December 1964 Zero Mostel, Maria Karnilova and Chorus
i 1960 Nat Adderley
Sampled by Organized Konfusion
February 1962 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra
i 1962 Nat Adderley Quartets
i 1959 Boston Pops Orchestra
i March 1965 Ray Bryant
February 1965 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
i   1961 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
i   June 1966 Patricia Morison PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Denny Dennis REC,REL
i 1961 Mangione Brothers Sextet
i January 1971 The Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall
i   February 1969 Reri Grist & Ensemble REC,REL, Larry Kert, Reri Grist & Carol Lawrence PRF
i   1957 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
i   June 1959 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
i   1961 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Choruses by Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen REL, Stephane Grappelly and His Quartet - With George Shearing at the Piano (Vocalist : Beryl Davis) REC, Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i 1959 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
i May 1959 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i   1957 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i 1958 Prince's Band
i 1961 Cliff Brown - Art Farmer with Swedish All-Stars
i May 1959 The Thelonious Monk Quintet
i April 1956 Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
i 1958 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i   April 1956 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde PRF
i October 1965 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i June 1966 Margaret Whiting
i April 1956 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
February 1962 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
February 1962 Sam Jones
i   February 1959 Lottie Gilson PRF, Dan Quinn REC,REL
i 1955 Tullio Carminati
The Way You Look Tonight Cannonball Adderley 1961 Unverified
i   June 1966 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL, Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF
i 1961 The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
i   December 1964 Zero Mostel, Michael Granger and Men PRF,REL
i 1962 Clifford Jordan Quartet
i October 1962 Oscar Pettiford Modern Quintet
i   April 1956 Bob Hope & Shirley Ross BRD, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Charles Wilson REC
i 1962 Bill Evans [US1]
i 1955 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i 1961 The Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1961 Wes Montgomery
i 1960 Elsie Carlisle
i May 1959 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield
i May 1967 The Staple Singers
i 1958 Louisiana Sugar Babes
i 1955 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i 1960 Nat Adderley
i October 1962 Nat Adderley
i April 1956 Al Jolson
i   1955 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
i   1959 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Nat "King" Cole with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Les Baxter REC
i   1961 Marek Weber und sein Orchester - Solo: Marcel Wittrisch REL, Richard Tauber REC,PRF

Sampled songs

Songs written by Cannonball Adderley

Original songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Accent on Africa Cannonball Adderley Quintet 1968 Capitol Records
African Waltz Cannonball Adderley and His Orchestra 1961 Riverside [US]
Blue Spring Kenny Dorham Septet featuring Cannonball Adderley June 1959 Riverside [US]
Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke, Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Donald Byrd, Nat Adderley, Jerome Richardson, Paul Chambers 1955 Savoy Records
Cannonball Adderley and The Poll-Winners, featuring Ray Brown, Wes Montgomery Cannonball Adderley and The Poll-Winners, featuring Ray Brown, Wes Montgomery 1961 Riverside [US]
Cannonball Adderley - Live! Cannonball Adderley October 1965 Capitol Records
Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago The Cannonball Adderley Quintet 1959 Mercury
Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof Cannonball Adderley December 1964 Capitol Records
Cannonball Enroute Julian "Cannonball" Adderley 1961 Mercury
Cannonball's Bossa Nova Cannonball Adderley and The Bossa Rio Sextet 1963 Riverside [US]
Cannonball's Sharpshooters Julian "Cannonball" Adderley May 1959 Mercury
Cannonball Takes Charge Cannonball Adderley Quartet 1959 Riverside [US]
Country Preacher The Cannonball Adderley Quintet March 1970 Capitol Records
Domination Cannonball Adderley with Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by Oliver Nelson March 1965 Capitol Records
Great Love Themes The Cannonball Adderley Quintet with Strings June 1966 Capitol Records
In New York The Cannonball Adderley Sextet 1962 Riverside [US]
In Person The Cannonball Adderley Quintet February 1969 Capitol Records
Inside Straight The Cannonball Adderley Quintet 1973 Fantasy
In the Land of Hi-Fi Julian "Cannonball" Adderley 1956 EmArcy
Jazz Workshop Revisited Cannonball Adderley Sextet 1963 Riverside [US]
Julian Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley 1955 EmArcy
Julian Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley 1955 Savoy Records
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and Strings Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and Strings – Arranged and conducted by Richard Hayman April 1956 EmArcy
Jump for Joy Cannonball Adderley 1958 EmArcy
Know What I Mean? Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans 1962 Riverside [US]
Live Session! Cannonball Adderley with the New Exciting Voice of Ernie Andrews Cannonball Adderley with Ernie Andrews February 1965 Capitol Records
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club" The Cannonball Adderley Quintet March 1967 Capitol Records
Nancy Wilson – Cannonball Adderley Nancy Wilson – The Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Quintet February 1962 Capitol Records
Nippon Soul Cannonball Adderley Sextet 1964 Riverside [US]
Portrait of Cannonball Julian Adderley Quintet 1958 Riverside [US]
Radio Nights Cannonball Adderley 1990 Night Records [GB]
Ray Brown and the All-Stars Guest Artist Cannonball Adderley Ray Brown and the All-Stars guest artist Cannonball Adderley October 1962 Verve Records
Somethin' Else Cannonball Adderley 1958 Blue Note
Sophisticated Swing Julian "Cannonball" Adderley 1957 EmArcy
Soul of the Bible Cannonball Adderley December 1972 Capitol Records
The Black Messiah Cannonball Adderley November 1971 Capitol Records
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse The Cannonball Adderley Quintet 1960 Riverside [US]
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco The Cannonball Adderley Quintet 1959 Riverside [US]
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus The Cannonball Adderley Quintet 1961 Riverside [US]
The Happy People The Cannonball Adderley Quintet 1972 Capitol Records
Them Dirty Blues Cannonball Adderley Quintet 1960 Riverside [US]
The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free The Cannonball Adderley Quintet January 1971 Capitol Records
Things Are Getting Better Cannonball Adderley with Milt Jackson February 1959 Riverside [US]
Walk Tall Cannonball Adderley Quintet November 1967 Capitol Records
Why? (Am I Treated So Bad) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet May 1967 Capitol Records

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