Both as the leader of his own bands as well as an alto and soprano saxophone stylist, Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley was one of the progenitors of the swinging, rhythmically robust style of music ...

A few seconds past the five-minute mark in "So What," the opening track of Miles Davis's masterpiece album Kind of Blue, an alto sax moves to the front of the mix. The artist behind that solo was ...

Cannonball Adderley stylistically personifies the entire history of the alto saxophone. At once, he could play with the most elegant refinement and with the grittiest soulfulness. This live ...

When Cannonball Adderley arrived in New York in ... In this session from 1962, we hear his joyous alto sax in a Brazilian setting, with a group featuring pianist Sergio Mendes and future Weather ...

Other FAMU news: 'City of Music': FAMU Concert Choir goes on performance tour in Vienna, Austria Eldest brother Cannonball was known for playing the alto saxophone while Nat played the cornet.

Domination is a curious curate's egg of an album, not previously available on CD, and some of it bears considerable historical interest. Tracks 1-8, recorded in '65 and originally released as ...