The Chocolate Nuisance - Cannonball Adderley

Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (15 September 1928 - 8 August 1975), originally from Tampa, Florida, was a jazz alto saxophonist, playing with Miles Davis and other greats, and leading his own band (which included his brother Nat Adderley) - the Cannonball Adderley Quintet (which was occasionally a sextet - being called "The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus"). He was also a high school band director at Dillard High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for some years.

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