== Biography == ''Cannonball'' ranks in the few legendary saxophonist of the 50's-60's era. After playing on some of the best [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/561d854a-6a28-4aa7-8c99-323e6ce46c2a.html|''Miles Davis''] albums ([http://musicbrainz.org/album/7d7ebace-0e5a-43c2-bd6d-18b5f35bed0b.html|''Kind of Blue'']...), he moved to his own formations, including top partners like [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/ef05197e-aacb-4dbf-9cc4-2a9abee82f03.html|''Bobby Timmons''], [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/1789de4d-0f0c-4db9-b850-a823b945c883.html|''Sam Jones''], [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/2968722f-03d8-4e2f-88bc-f9975f147503.html|''Yusef Lateef''], or his brother [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/a9e79d89-f90b-4cef-943e-68151336a430.html|''Nat'']. Experimenting with new sounds at the dawn of the 70's, he unfortunately passed too soon. [http://musicbrainz.org/album/1983b60d-2df5-44ce-ac6d-9d41566b96b5.html|''Somethin' Else''] (''Blue Note'') is an excellent starter for almost any ears, while more exigent listeners may try directly [http://musicbrainz.org/album/9218378c-2e72-4188-9f52-7295facb10ee.html|''Jazz Workshop Revisited'']. == Editors' notes: Bogus collabs redux == Collabs you shouldn't create / you should terminate: * Cannonball Adderley & Milt Jackson: [http://musicbrainz.org/release/f100e4a3-8864-4187-b291-134137941345.html|Things Are Getting Better] is an Adderley release (''featuring'' Jackson). Many VA comps source cuts from there and wrongly credit them to the collab. * Cannonball Adderley & Nat Adderley Sextet: [http://musicbrainz.org/release/12e148d8-5254-4348-94a7-72b29552c6d5.html|Soul Zodiac] is a Nat Adderley release (with Cannonball acting as producer and guest on two tracks) * Cannonball Adderley & Miles Davis. VA comps tend to credit this for tracks from [http://musicbrainz.org/release/977f543a-19b7-4fb3-b7f3-ae4d5f5fd498.html|Somethin' Else] * Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans. Same as above, for [http://musicbrainz.org/release/d61a4bcd-419b-404e-a0a4-fa449c1252bf.html|Know What I Mean?]