Nat Adderley

Nathaniel Adderley (November 25, 1931 in Tampa, Florida – January 2, 2000 in Lakeland, Florida) 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.

Biography
Adderley moved to Tallahassee, Florida when both parents were hired to teach at Florida A&M University. He and Cannonball played with Ray Charles in the early 1940s in Tallahassee. In the 1950s he worked with his brother's original group, with Lionel Hampton, and with J. J. Johnson, then in 1959 joined his brother's new quintet and stayed with it until Cannonball's death in 1975. He composed "Work Song," "Jive Samba," and "The Old Country" for this group.

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.

He also helped in the founding and development of the annual Child of the Sun Jazz Festival, held annually at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida.

Adderley lived on 112th Street in Harlem in the 1960s and in Teaneck, New Jersey in the 1970s, before moving to Lakeland, Florida. He had also lived near his brother in Corona, Queens.

Upon his death as a result of complications from diabetes in January 2000, Adderley was interred near his brother in the Southside Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida. His son, Nat Adderley, Jr. a keyboardist, was Luther Vandross' long time musical director.

The pioneer white blues band, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, covered "Work Song" on their landmark album East-West, with amplified harmonica instead of brass.

As leader

 * 1955: That's Nat (Savoy)
 * 1955: Introducing Nat Adderley (Wing)
 * 1956: To the Ivy League from Nat (EmArcy)
 * 1958: Branching Out (Riverside)
 * 1959: Much Brass (Riverside)
 * 1960: Work Song (Riverside)
 * 1960: That's Right! (Riverside)
 * 1961: Naturally! (Jazzland)
 * 1962: In the Bag (Jazzland)
 * 1963: Little Big Horn (Riverside)
 * 1964: Autobiography (Atlantic)
 * 1966: Sayin' Somethin' (Atlantic)
 * 1966: Live at Memory Lane (Atlantic)
 * 1968: The Scavenger (Milestone)
 * 1968: You, Baby (CTI)
 * 1968: Calling Out Loud (CTI)
 * 1972: Soul Zodiac (Capitol)
 * 1972: Soul of the Bible (Capitol)
 * 1974: Double Exposure (Prestige)
 * 1976: Don't Look Back (Inner City)
 * 1976: Hummin' (Little David)
 * 1978: A Little New York Midtown Music (Galaxy)
 * 1982: Blue Autumn [live] (Evidence)
 * 1983: On the Move [live] (Theresa)
 * 1989: We Remember Cannon (In & Out)
 * 1990: Autumn Leaves [live] (Evidence)
 * 1990: Talkin' About You (Landmark)
 * 1990: The Old Country (Enja)
 * 1990: Work Song: Live at Sweet Basil [live] (Peter Pan)
 * 1992: Workin'  (Timeless)
 * 1993: Working (Sound Service)
 * 1994: Good Company (Jazz Challenge)
 * 1994: Live at the 1994 Floating Jazz Festival (Chiaroscuro)
 * 1995: Live on Planet Earth (West Wind Records)
 * 1995: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Evidence)

As sideman
With Cannonball Adderley With Charlie Byrd With Bennie Green and Gene Ammons With Jimmy Heath With Philly Joe Jones With Wynton Kelly With Sonny Rollins With Don Wilkerson
 * Presenting Cannonball Adderley (1955)
 * Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1955)
 * In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley (1956)
 * Sophisticated Swing (1957)
 * Cannonball Enroute (1957)
 * Cannonball's Sharpshooters (1958)
 * The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959)
 * Them Dirty Blues (1960)
 * The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse (1960)
 * African Waltz (1961)
 * The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus (1961)
 * Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley (1961)
 * The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962)
 * Cannonball in Europe! (1962)
 * Jazz Workshop Revisited (1962)
 * Autumn Leaves (1963)
 * Nippon Soul (1963)
 * Cannonball Adderley Live! (1964)
 * Live Session! (1964)
 * Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
 * Domination (1965)
 * Money in the Pocket (1966)
 * Great Love Themes (1966)
 * Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club' (1966)
 * Cannonball in Japan (1966)
 * 74 Miles Away (1967)
 * Why Am I Treated So Bad! (1967)
 * In Person (1968)
 * Accent on Africa (1968)
 * Radio Nights (1968)
 * Country Preacher (1969)
 * The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra (1970)
 * Love, Sex, and the Zodiac (1970)
 * The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free (1970)
 * The Happy People (1970)
 * The Black Messiah (1970)
 * Music You All (1970)
 * Inside Straight (1973)
 * Pyramid (1974)
 * Phenix (1975)
 * Lovers (1975)
 * Big Man (1975)
 * Top Hat (1975)
 * The Swingin'est (1958)
 * The Thumper
 * Blues for Dracula (1958)
 * Kelly Blue (1959)
 * Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (1958)
 * The Texas Twister (1960)