Cannonball Adderley Quotes

American jazz saxophonist (1928–1975)

Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975), originally from Tampa, Florida, was a jazz alto saxophonist who mainly performed in small combos.

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Birth Name: Julian Edwin Adderley

Alternative Names: Julian Cannonball Adderley • Julian Adderley

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A young tenor player was complaining to me that Coleman Hawkins made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to make him nervous! Hawkins has been making other sax players nervous for forty years!

I keep reverting (to Duke Ellington), he to me is the greatest ever and my favorite jazz philosopher, as such.

There's no future without the past and anybody who doesn't really understand where jazz has come from has no right to try to direct where it's going.