1. The Life and Legacy of Julian “Cannonball” Adderley
Presented by: Mr. Markeise R. Russell

2. The beginning
• Born September 15, 1928
-Tampa, Florida
• Father was a jazz cornetist/ trumpeter
• Gigging musician by the age
of 14.
• Moved to Tallahassee, FL
• Florida A&M University

3. Mr. Adderley
• Band Director at Dillard
High School after
completing studies at
Florida A&M University

4. • Moved to New York after out
growing the Florida music
scene.
• Oscar Petiford
• Band with Nat Adderley
• Miles Davis

5. Cannonball’s Big Break
• Milestones
• Kind of Blue
• Miles Davis
• John Coltrane
• Paul Chambers
• Jimmy Cobbs
• Bill Evans

6. The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
• Left Miles Davis’s Group in 1959
• Known for soulful style and hard bop
• Nat Adderley
• Bobby Timmons
• Joe Zawinul
• George Duke
• Ray Brown
• Sam Jones
• Louis Hayes
• Roy McCurdy
Associations:

7. The Late 1960’s
• Electric Jazz
• Soprano Saxophone /Coltrane Influence
• Collaborations w/ Nancy Wilson. Lou
Rawls, and Sergio Mendes
• Nearing the end

8. The end of an era..
• Diabetes
• August 8, 1975 Stroke/ Death
• Remembered as an advocate for
the arts.

9. In Loving Memory of Julian “Cannonball” Adderley
September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975