Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Liederhalle Stuttgart 1969The first attempt went awry. When Nat and his older brother Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley tried to start a quintet in the mid fifties, hardly anyone was interested in the newcomers from Florida. And that, in retrospect, was good. Because the trumpeter Nat landed in this way in the bands of Jay Jay Johnson and George Shearing, and there refined, under expert guidance, his art of elegant blues bopping ensemble playing. The alto saxophonist Cannonball in

virtuosic journey to experience beloved songs from Disney films with collaborators from across the globe

interacting with the lovers

Ross Martin (guitar) and Eric Thorin (bass)

but when all signs point home

important role of tone color and melody in shaping expression

and remained in post until his death

including the Idylle en musique Les Arts Florissans (1685)

This is musicality at a level I have only previously dreamt about

And on the way I found desolation and fear but also power

There are a million records out there

His third album amazes with potent rhythms

both before and after his tenure with Iron Maiden