27 Facts About Nat Adderley

Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley was an American jazz trumpeter.

Nat Adderley was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, with whom he played for many years.

Nat Adderley's father played trumpet professionally in his younger years, and he passed down his trumpet to Cannonball.

When Cannonball picked up the alto saxophone, he passed the trumpet to Nat Adderley, who began playing in 1946.

Job offers began pouring in, and Nat Adderley recorded for the first time that year.

Nat Adderley called it his "Social Security song" due to the steady flow of income over the years from royalty payments when others recorded the song.

Nat Adderley worked with Kenny Clarke, Wes Montgomery, and Walter Booker.

Since Davis could not himself play the trumpet, Nat Adderley was hired to ghost everything that the character played.

Nat Adderley's other significant project during this time was a musical.

Nat Adderley toured Japan, then returned to the US and taught courses at Harvard while performing and recording with his quintet, which included Walter Booker, Jimmy Cobb, and Vincent Herring.

Nat Adderley worked with Ron Carter, Sonny Fortune, Johnny Griffin, and Antonio Hart.

Nat Adderley became involved in several other ensembles over the next decade, including the Paris Reunion Band and a group called the Riverside Reunion Band, a bop group that formed at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1993 and then toured Europe in 1994.

Nat Adderley spent half the year touring and the other half at home in Lakeland, Florida, writing and recording.

Nat Adderley thought many of his greatest fans were in Japan, but Europeans were enthusiastic about the music.

Nat Adderley helped in the founding and development of the annual Child of the Sun Jazz Festival held annually at the university which he headlined for over a decade.

Nat Adderley lived on 112th Street in Harlem in the 1960s and in Teaneck, New Jersey, in the 1970s, before moving to Lakeland.

Nat Adderley died as a result of complications from diabetes at the age of 68 in Lakeland, Florida.

Nat Adderley was interred near his brother in the Southside Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida.

Nat Adderley was survived by his wife, Ann; a son, Nat Adderley Jr.

Nat Adderley was an innovator in the popularization of soul jazz and was one of the most prolific jazz artists of his time, recording nearly 100 albums.

Nat Adderley proved that cornet could be a modern jazz instrument.

Nat Adderley preferred the darker tone of the conical cornet to the brighter sound of the cylindrical trumpet.

Nat Adderley could produce a rich, earthy tone that became his signature sound, one that could only come from the cornet.

Nat Adderley enjoyed the cornet's historic quality, reinvigorating the instrument played by early jazz musicians.

Nat Adderley is widely attributed with the development and establishment of the 1960s style of soul jazz along with the rest of the members Cannonball Nat Adderley Quintet.

However, this is not the only style that Nat Adderley wrote and played.

Nat Adderley could improvise simpler, more soulful solos for soul jazz numbers, but he could experiment and show off all of his abilities for hard bop.