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Julian 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]

Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball (left; holding a King Super 20 "Silversonic" alto saxophone) with brother Nat Adderley in 1966
Background information
Birth name	Julian Edwin Adderley
Born	September 15, 1928 Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Died	August 8, 1975(aged 46) Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Genr	Jazz, bop, modal jazz, soul jazz, jazz fusion[1]
Occupation(s)	Teacher, saxophonist
Instrument(s)	Alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
Years active	1955–1975
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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.^[6]