Nat Adderley

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Nathaniel “Nat” Adderley (Tampa, Florida, November 25, 1931 - Lakeland, Florida, January 2, 2000) was an American jazz cornet and trumpet player who played in the hard bop and soul jazz genres. He was the brother of saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley.
In the 1950s he worked with his brother’s original group and with a.o. Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Heath, Wynton Kelly, Lionel Hampton, and J. J. Johnson, then in 1959 he joined his brother’s new quintet and stayed with it until Cannonball’s death in 1975. He composed a.o. “Work Song,” “Jive Samba,” and “The Old Country .

After his brother’s death he led his own groups and recorded extensively. During this period he worked with, among others, Ron Carter, Sonny Fortune, Johnny Griffin, Antonio Hart, and Vincent Herring.
On his passing in 2000 at his home in Lakeland, Florida, Nat Adderley was interred near his brother in the Southside Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida.
Among his notable recordings are:
Work Song (1960)
Autobiography (1964)
Mercy! Mercy! Mercy! (with the Cannonball Adderley Quintet) (1966)
Country Preacher (Live with the Cannonball Adderley Quintet) (1969)
Soul Zodiac (1972)
A Little New York Midtown Music (1978)
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! ‘95 (1995)

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  • rm508

    Recommend the album You, Baby.

    3 Feb 2011 Reply
  • nanbaykid

    Nat was great trumpet player that I met and became a casual friend while he was playing with small groups at the HURRICANE night club and fine restaurant at Pasa Grille Beach,Fl. He also did a couple open air shows in his late home town of Lakeland,Fl. He was very courteous and considerate as well as a super trumpeter.

    2 Feb 2010 Reply
  • lordinfamous

    Work Song is great

    19 Apr 2009 Reply
  • loudyloudy

    love his playing!!!

    1 Feb 2009 Reply
  • SirAlecHendrix

    Nat Adderley—now connected to the brandnew group ➤ Round Midnight

    25 Sep 2008 Reply

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