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Best of Cannonball Adderley

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. Originally from Tampa, Florida, he moved to New York in the mid 1950s. His nickname derived originally from “cannibal,“ a honorific title imposed on him by high school colleagues as a tribute to his vast eating capacity. He was the brother of jazz cornetist Nat Adderley. Read on...

• Rank
• Artist
• Song
• Year
• Points

• 1
• Cannonball Adderley
• Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
• 1967
• 24

• 2
• Cannonball Adderley
• Jive Samba
• 2009
• 0

• 3
• Cannonball Adderley
• Jive
• 1963
• 0