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. Cannonballs Big Break Milestones Kind of Blue Miles Davis
John Coltrane Paul Chambers Jimmy Cobbs Bill Evans
6. The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Left Miles Daviss 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 1960s 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