A Tribute to Cannonball & Nat Adderley
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Dates and Times for this Past Event
- Friday, Sep 20, 2024 8pm
- Friday, Sep 20, 2024 10pm
Location
Scat Jazz Lounge
111 W 4th Street
Details
Chris Milyo has assembled an all star band for a magical tribute to Cannonball and Nat Adderley, two brothers who helped shape jazz as we know it. Cannonball and Nat Adderley became prominent jazz and blues musicians of the twentieth century. Playing alto saxophone and cornet respectively, they both had significant success playing in their own band as well as with major jazz musicians such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane. While living in Tallahassee 1940s, they played with Ray Charles who also lived in the area at the time.
They formed a band titled the “Cannonball Adderley Quintet,” which later evolved into a different group with Miles Davis. The brothers’ music was never locked in a specific genre or style of jazz, evolving from blues to bebop, funk, and jazz through the course of their tours and recordings. They also brought to life a new style of recording – “live” sessions, featured on their premiere album The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco.
