Julian “Cannonball” Adderley's King Super 20 Silver Sonic alto recently joined the ranks of some of the most treasured musical instruments in the Smithsonian’s collection, including John Coltrane’s ...

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 ...

Julian ("Cannonball") Adderley is a jazzman with a nagging, but not unique, problem: the more successful he becomes, the less his original, far-out fans like him. One of his recent albums, ...

Cannonball Adderley was a mere 46 when he died, of a brain hemorrhage, in 1975. An alto saxophonist of robust intellect and irrefutable soul, he left a monumental legacy during his two decades in ...

The brothers Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone and Nat Adderley on cornet led one of the most popular bands of the 1960s. Cannonball had the higher profile, coming off his time with ...

You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A stunning saxophone is safe in the hands of a Gatehouse musician after it was handed into the town’s charity shop by a passing tourist.

Cannonball Adderley: Domination album review by Chris May, published on August 27, 2005. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!

Sen Morimoto tries to write lyrics that don’t just “sound good or rhyme.” His mom encouraged him to take on an instrument, and Morimoto chose saxophone, inspired by Lisa Simpson. Later, he ...

The saxophone is a transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. It was invented in 1846 by a Belgian instrument maker-Adolph Sax, who was also a clarinetist and a ...

When Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone, he probably never imagined that his unique wind instrument would go on to become one of the most iconic instruments in music less than a century later. So ...

A stunning saxophone is safe in the hands of a Gatehouse musician after it was handed into the town’s charity shop by a passing tourist.