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Wayne Shorter

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Thelonious Monk

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Charles Mingus

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Charlie Parker

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Sonny Rollins

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Herbie Hancock

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Cannonball Adderley

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Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (15 September 1928 - 8 August 1975), originally from Tampa, Florida, was a jazz alto saxophonist, playing with Miles Davis and other greats, and leading his own band (which included his brother Nat Adderley) - the Cannonball Adderley Quintet (which was occasionally a sextet - being called "The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus").