Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) wa… Read Full Bio ↴Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was a jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.

Adderley is remembered for his 1966 single "Mercy Mercy Mercy", a crossover hit on the pop charts, and for his work with trumpeter Miles Davis, including on the epochal album Kind of Blue (1959). He was the brother of jazz cornetist Nat Adderley, a longtime member of his band.

The name 'Canonball' is supposed to have originated from his being nicknamed 'cannibal' in his youth, on account of his prodigious eating

Early life and career
Originally from Tampa, Florida, Adderley moved to New York in the mid-1950s. His nickname derived originally from "cannibal", a title imposed on him by high school colleagues as a tribute to his voracious appetite.

His educational career was long established prior to teaching applied instrumental music classes at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Cannonball moved to Tallahassee, Florida when his parents obtained teaching positions at Florida A&M University. Both Cannonball and brother Nat played with Ray Charles when Charles lived in Tallahassee during the early 1940s. Cannonball was a local legend in Florida until he moved to New York City in 1955, where he lived in Corona, Queens.

It was in New York during this time that Adderley's prolific career began. Adderley visited the Cafe Bohemia, where Oscar Pettiford's group was playing that night. Adderley had brought his saxophone into the club with him, primarily because he feared that it would be stolen, and he was asked to sit in as the saxophone player was late. That performance established his reputation.

Prior to joining Miles Davis' band, Adderley formed his own group with his brother Nat after signing onto the Savoy jazz label in 1957. He was noticed by Miles Davis, and it was because of his blues-rooted alto saxophone that Davis asked him to play with his group.

Adderley joined the Miles Davis Sextet in October 1957, three months prior to John Coltrane's return to the group. Adderley played on the seminal Davis records Milestones and Kind of Blue. This period also overlapped with pianist Bill Evans' time with the sextet, an association that led to recording Portrait of Cannonball and Know What I Mean?.

His interest as an educator carried over to his recordings. In 1961, Cannonball narrated The Child's Introduction to Jazz, released on Riverside Records.

Band leader
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet featured Cannonball on alto sax and his brother Nat Adderley on cornet. Cannonball's first quintet was not very successful; however, after leaving Davis' group, he formed another, again with his brother, which enjoyed more success.

Later life
By the end of the 1960s, Adderley's playing began to reflect the influence of the electric jazz, avant-garde, and Davis' experiments on the album Bitches Brew. On his albums from this period, such as Accent on Africa (1968) and The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free (1970), he began doubling on soprano saxophone, showing the influence of Coltrane and Wayne Shorter. In that same year, his quintet appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival in California, and a brief scene of that performance was featured in the 1971 psychological thriller Play Misty for Me, starring Clint Eastwood. In 1975 he also appeared (in an acting role alongside Jose Feliciano and David Carradine) in the episode "Battle Hymn" in the third season of the TV series Kung Fu.

Joe Zawinul's composition "Cannon Ball" (recorded on Weather Report's album Black Market) is a tribute to his former leader. Pepper Adams and George Mraz dedicated the composition "Julian" on the 1975 Pepper Adams album (also called "Julian") days after Cannonball's death.

Songs made famous by Adderley and his bands include "This Here" (written by Bobby Timmons), "The Jive Samba", "Work Song" (written by Nat Adderley), "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (written by Joe Zawinul) and "Walk Tall" (written by Zawinul, Marrow and Rein). A cover version of Pops Staples' "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)?" also entered the charts.

Adderley was initiated as an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity (Gamma Theta chapter, University of North Texas, '60, & Xi Omega chapter, Frostburg State University, '70) and Alpha Phi Alpha (Beta Nu chapter, Florida A&M University).

Adderley died of a stroke in 1975. He was buried in the Southside Cemetery, Tallahassee, Florida. Later that year he was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame.

On Green Dolphin Street
Cannonball Adderley Lyrics

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Ahmad Jamal Trio It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Al Grey It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
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Albert Ayler It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Alex Riel It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
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Anthony Braxton It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Anthony Braxton & The Fred Simmons Trio It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Arnett Cobb It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Art Damme It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Art Van Damme It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Barney Kessel Ray Brown & Shelly Manne It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Barney Kessel Shelly Manne & Ray Brown It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Barney Kessel with Shelly Manne and Ray Brown It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Ben Webster It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Benny Carter It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Bill Evans It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Bill Evans Trio It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Bill Evans With Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnette It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Billy Eckstine It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Bobby Hutcherson It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Carsten Dahl It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
cedar walton It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Charlie Byrd Herb Ellis Barney Kessel It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Chet Baker It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Chick Corea Stanley Clarke Lenny White It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Chick Corea (Akoustic Band) It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Chick Corea + Stanley Clarke + Lenny White It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Chick Corea Akoustic Band It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Chick Corea Stanley Clarke Lenny White It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Chick Corea's Akoustic Band/Chick Corea It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Claude Williams It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Clyde Otis & His Orchestra It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Cobb Jones McBride It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Corea / Clarke / White It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Corea Clarke White It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Count Basie Orchestra/George Benson It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Dakota Staton It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Dave Mckenna It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
David Becker Tribune It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
David Liebman It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Dena DeRose It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Denise Donatelli It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Dick Oatts It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Don Friedman It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Dorothy Donegan It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Dutch Swing College Band It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis - Sonny Stitt It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Eddie Henderson It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Elek Bacsik It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Ella Fitzgerald Lover, one lovely day Love came planning to stay Green Dol…
Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Essential Resophonics It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Gene Harris The Three Sounds It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
George Benson It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
George Benson Featuring the Count Basie Orchestra It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
George Cables Trio It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
George Kahn It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
George Shearing & Nancy Wilson It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
George Shearing - Nancy Wilson It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
George Shearing Quintet It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Dennis Chambers & Brian Bromberg It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Great Guitars It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Hank Jones It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Hank Jones / Christian McBride / Jimmy Cobb It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Harris Gene It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Harry Connick Jr. It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Herb Ellis / Ray Brown It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
herbert katz It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Herbie Hancock It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Jean-Michel Pilc It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Joe Diorio It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
joe henderson It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Joe Henderson & The Wynton Kelly Trio It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Joe Henderson & Wynton Kelly Trio It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Joe Newman It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Joe Newman Quintet It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Joe Pass It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Joe Sample / Ray Brown / Shelly Manne It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
John Coltrane It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
John Coltrane Miles Davis It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
John Coltrane Quintet It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Johnny Hartman It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Johnny Lytle It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Jones Hank It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Karen Lane It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Kelly Wynton It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Kenny Barron It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Kenny Barron & Barry Harris It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Kenny Drew It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Kessel Barney It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
KITCHEN - Miles Davis It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
KOSHO Green Dolphin Street (Kaper/Washington) Lovers, one lovely …
Lee Konitz It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Lena Horne Lover, one lovely day, Love came, planning to stay; Green Do…
Lenny Breau It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Lionel Hampton It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Mayer/Watts It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Miles Davis (1926 - 1991) It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Miles Davis feat. John Coltrane Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Miles Davis Miles Davis Quintet It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Miles Davis Quintet feat. John Coltrane It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Miles Davis Quintet John Coltrane It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Miles Davis [feat. John Coltrane Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans] It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Miles Davis/Bill Evans It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Milt Jackson & Oscar Peterson It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Milt Jackson & Oscar Peterson Trio It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Milt Jackson and Oscar Peterson It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Mishka Adams Lover, one lovely day Love came, planning to stay Green Do…
Modern Jazz Quartet It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
N. Washington It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Nancy Wilson & George Shearing It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Nancy Wilson & The George Shearing Quintet It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Nancy Wilson/George Shearing It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Nelson Padron Featuring Paquito Hechavarria It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Oscar Peterson & Milt Jackson It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Oscar Peterson/Milt Jackson It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Paquito d' Rivera It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Paquito D'Rivera It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Paquito D’Rivera It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Pete Jolly & Ralph Pena It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Red Garland It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Red Mitchell It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Rhoda Scott It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Rhoda Scott & Kenny Clarke It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Richie Beirach Trio It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Rick Margitza It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Ron Carter Jimmy Cobb George Coleman & Mike Stern It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Ronnie Bedford It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Russ Freeman & Shelly Manne It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Sant Andreu Jazz Band & Joan Chamorro It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Sarah Vaughan It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Shearing-George It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Sheila Jordan & Arild Andersen It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Shelly Manne It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Sonny Criss It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Sonny Rollins-Don Cherry Quartet It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Stan Getz It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Stan Getz Quartet It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Teddy Edwards It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Teddy Wilson It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
The George Shearing Quintet Lover, one lovely day Love came planning to stay Green Dolph…
The George Shearing Quintet & Nancy Wilson It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
The John Coltrane Quintet It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
The Miles Davis Quintet feat. John Coltrane It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
The Miles Davis Quintet featuring John Coltrane It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
The Poll Winners: Barney Kessel Shelly Manne and Ray Brown It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
The Reivers It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
The Rosenberg Trio feat. Stochelo Rosenberg It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
The Three Sounds It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Tiger Okoshi It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Tito Puente It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Tom Grant It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Tony Reedus It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Tony Rice It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Toots Thielemans It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Urbie Green It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
V.S.O.P. Quintet It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Vince Guaraldi It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Vince Guaraldi Trio It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Vox One It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Walter Norris Trio It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Warne Marsh It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Wayne Bartlett It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Wild Bill Davis It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Woods Phil It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Wynton Kelly It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Wynton Kelly Trio and Sextet It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Yoshiko Kishino It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Cannonball Adderley:

02- love for sale Love for sale Appetizing young love for sale Love that's fre…
A Foggy Day I was a stranger in the city Out of town were…
Airegin Wait'll y'dig it on the map - airegin Spelled backwards Re…
Autumn Leaves The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of…
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea I don't want you, but I'd hate to lose you You've…
Black Orpheus Caminar sin ella, Es ir sin rumbo fijo Refugiarse como…
Bli Blip While other lovers sing your praisesin phases deftly lyrical…
Bohemia After Dark I'm looking at the sky, I'm trying Not to cry, coz'…
Come Sunday Ooh Lord, dear Lord above, God almighty, God of love, pleas…
Cynthia's In Love Why do they think up stories that link my name…
Desafinado Se você disser que eu desafino, amor Saiba que isso…
Easy to Love I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time In…
Falling In Love With Love I weave with brightly colored strings To keep my mind off…
Foggy Day I was a stranger in the city Out of town were…
Goodbye I remember holdin' on to you All them long and lonely…
I Concentrate On You Whenever skies look gray to me And trouble begins to brew, …
I Cover The Waterfront I cover the waterfront, I'm watching the sea,, Will the one …
I Got It Bad Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
I Got Rythm Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears …
I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry The torch I carry is handsome It′s worth its heartache in…
I Need You I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal, you I'll be…
I Remember You This lovely day will lengthen into evening We'll sigh goodby…
I Waited for You I remember other days how I used to weep Over…
I Worship You I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal, you I'll be…
I'll Never Stop Lovin' You I'll never stop loving you Whatever else I may do My love…
I'll Remember April This lovely day will lengthen into evening We'll sigh goodby…
If I Love Again I often wonder why he came to me Brought such a…
If This Isn If they made me a king I'd be but a…
Ill Never Stop Loving You I'll never stop loving you Whatever else I may do My love…
Jump For Joy Fare thee well, land of cotton Cotton lisle is out of…
Just Friends Just friends, lovers no more Just friends, but not like befo…
Just Squeeze Me Want you to know I go for your squeezin' Want you…
Limehouse Blues And those weird China blues Never go away Sad, mad blues For…
Love for Sale Wish I knew Why I'm so in love with you No one…
Masquerade Is Over My blue horizon is turning grey And my dreams are drifting…
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Have mercy, have mercy, baby have mercy, have mercy on me we…
My Foolish Heart The night is like a lovely tune Beware my foolish heart How…
Nardis scatting…
Never Will I Marry Never, never will I marry Never, never will I wed Born to…
No Greater Love There is no greater love Than what I feel for you No…
Nothin when it adds up to nothin' It makes you wonder…
One for Newk I remember other days how I used to weep Over…
People Will Say We're Why do they think up stories that link my name…
Polka Dots and Moonbeams A country dance was being held in a garden I felt…
Rose Room I want to take you to a little room A little…
Sam I often wonder why he came to me Brought such a…
Somethin Uh-look-ah there There she comes Here comes that girl again …
Something Different You loved me, when I was so unlovely You sought me,…
Song Is You I hear music when I look at you, A beautiful theme…
Spring Is Here Spring is here! Why doesn't my heart go dancing? Spring is…
St. Louis Blues I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate…
Star Eyes Star eyes, That to me is what your eyes are, Soft as…
Stardust And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
Stars Fell on Alabama Moonlight and magnolia, starlight in your hair All the world…
Street Of Dreams Midnight, you heavy laden, it's midnight Come on and trade i…
The Fat Man They call, they call me the fat man 'Cause I weight…
the Masquerade Is Over My blue horizon is turning grey And my dreams are drifting…
The Nearness Of You Its not the pale moon that excites me That thrills and…
The Song Is You I hear music when I look at you, A beautiful theme…
There Is No Greater Love There is no greater love Than what I feel for you No…
To Life 187, gang related, I'm accused And after every court…
What Is This Thing Called Love I was a hum-drum person Leading a life apart When love flew…
What's New What's new? How is the world treating you? You haven't cha…
Who Cares Who cares if the sky cares To fall in the sea? Who…
You I hear music when I look at you, A beautiful theme…
You Are Too Beautiful You are too beautiful, my dear, to be true And I…
You Got It! Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…

You'd Be so Nice to Come Home To You'd be so nice to come home to You'd be so…

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