Walk Tall: The Music & Life of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (Hal Leonard Jazz Biographies)
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (699 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1458419797 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 190 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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But regardless, you're supposed to hold your head up high and walk tall." This sums up the life of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, a man who used a gargantuan technique on the alto saxophone, pride in heritage, devotion to educating youngsters, and insatiable musical curiosity to bridge gaps between jazz and popular music in the 1960s and '70s. His career began in 1955 with a Cinderella-like cameo in a New York nightclub, resulting in the jazz worlds looking to him as "the New Bird," successor to the late Charlie Parker. But Adderley refused to be typecast. Cannonball Adderley introduces his 1967 recording of Walk Tall, by saying, "There are times when things don't lay the way they're supposed to lay. With his loyal brother Nat by his side, along with stellar sidemen such as keyboardist Joe Zawinul, Adderl
A Good Cross-Section Biography of Cannonball Adderley. Gavin This is s good beginners guide to the music of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Nothing very new is revealed here but the book is still a valuable source of information on someone who was one of the greatest voices of alto saxophone and arguably one of the best bandlea. "I loved this book" according to Charles E. Rey. I loved this book. I found out some things about Cannonball I didn't know. For instance he was a diabetic, I had heard he was a heroin addict and that was not the case, unfortunately for Cannonball he had a huge appetite and his weight definitely did not help him in. "Little book for the Big Man" according to David Anderson. It's good to finally have a biography of the great Cannonball Adderley. It's strength is that through the collaboration of Cannonball's wife Olga and former associate David Axelrod there is perspective on the man that is not available elsewhere.What's missing is a m
--Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association . The work is indispensable for anyone who loves Adderley's music. Award-winning journalist Cary Ginell has crafted an extremely informative biography of the great jazz saxophonist bandleader Julian ''Cannonball'' AdderleyThis book will prove invaluable for jazz historians, and it will delight fans of modern jazz
He has been honoured five times by ARSC (Association for Recorded Sound Collections), is a recipient of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, and is also a Grammy nominee. . Cary Ginell is an award-winning author, annotator, discographer, and musical historian whose expertise encompasses a wide variety of musical genres