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Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Roy McCurdy
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
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Walter Booker
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
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Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Victor Feldman
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
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Vincent Herring
Vincent Herring
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Don Butterfield
Don Butterfield
American musician
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Duke Pearson
Duke Pearson
American pianist
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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The Three Sounds
The Three Sounds
American jazz piano trio
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Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Nat Adderley Jr.
Nat Adderley Jr.
American musician and pianist
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Tate Houston
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
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Victor Gaskin
Victor Gaskin
American bassist
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David Axelrod
David Axelrod
American musician, record producer, composer and arranger
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Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Hal Galper
Hal Galper
American pianist
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Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Les Spann
Les Spann
American guitarist
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Eddie Higgins
Eddie Higgins
American musician
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Junior Cook
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
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Mark Murphy
Mark Murphy
American singer
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player

Nat Adderley

Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, whom he supported and played with for many years.

Adderley's composition "Work Song" (1960) is a jazz standard, and also became a success on the pop charts after singer Oscar Brown Jr. wrote lyrics for it.