Monday, March 23, 2009

Alphabets of Jazz....Cannonball Adderley


Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley
1928 – 1975

oil on canvas
18"X24"

He was a jazz alto saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s. Originally from Tampa, he moved to New York in the mid 1950s.

Played with Miles. Brother of Nat. Total bro.

1 comment:

  1. I have no idea where you are going with this. If these are your paintings, wonderful. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" 1967

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