Hammond Report Tribute To Cannonball Adderly September 19 2022 Jon Hammond
Hammond Report Tribute to Cannonball Adderly September 19 2022 Jon Hammond - today paying tribute to the late great saxophonist Cannonball Adderly who passed at only 46 years old - on the band here with me: Joe Berger g. Heinz Lichius d. Lutz Büchner t.s. Michael Leuschner trpt. Fiete Felsch a.s. and yours truly Jon Hammond at the organ playing a Cannonball classic in Eimsbüttel Hamburg, Germany - dankeschön Nicolai Ditsch for operating the camera - Jon Hammond Band gettin' down for ya' - have a beautiful Sept. 19th everybody, Jon HammondJulian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.[2][3][4]
Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy",[5] which was written for him by his keyboardist Joe Zawinuland became a major crossover hit on the pop and R&B charts. A cover version by the Buckinghams, who added lyrics, also reached No. 5 on the charts. Adderley worked with Miles Davis, first as a member of the Davis sextet, appearing on the seminal records Milestones (1958) and Kind of Blue(1959), and then on his own 1958 album Somethin' Else. He was the elder brother of jazz trumpeter Nat Adderley, who was a longtime member of his band"
"Later in 1975, he was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame.[6][16] Joe Zawinul's composition "Cannon Ball" on Weather Report's Black Market album is a tribute to his former leader.[6]Pepper Adams and George Mraz dedicated the composition "Julian" on the 1975 Pepper Adams album of the same name days after Cannonball's death.[17]Birth name Julian Edwin Adderley Born September 15, 1928
Tampa, Florida, U.S.Died August 8, 1975 (aged 46)
Gary, Indiana, U.S.Genres Hard bop, soul jazz, modal jazz, jazz rock 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[18] (Beta Nu chapter, Florida A&M University)."
