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Cannonball Adderley

real name Julian Edwin Adderley

Tampa, United States · 1928-09-15 – 1975-08-08

Cannonball Adderley is credited on 3,801 releases across 652 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,801

Credits

652

Albums

8

Decades active

1,044

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Julian "Cannonball" Adderley was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader, producer. Brother of jazz cornet/trumpet player Nat Adderley, uncle of jazz keyboardist Nat Adderley Jr.
Born: 15 September 1928 in Tampa, Florida, USA.
Died: 8 August 1975 in Gary, Indiana, USA (aged 46).
Adderley was known for his rambunctious attitude to life, yet as a musician he was prolific, featuring on hundreds of releases during his lifetime. He worked both in many jazz groups, and recorded his own works under many groupings.

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3,801 releases · 652 albums · active 1955–2026

  • Performance · 5,165
  • Other credits · 249
  • Production · 219
  • Engineering · 28

Studios: Columbia 30th Street Studio · Reeves Sound Studios · Newport Jazz Festival · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

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