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Cannonball Adderley

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Cannonball Adderley is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Bill Evans, Oliver Nelson, Jimmy Heath, John Dankworth and Billy Taylor. Those roots explain a lot about how Cannonball Adderley arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis and Horace Silver, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Spirit, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Letta Mbulu, Timmy Thomas and Phil Upchurch, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Cannonball Adderley, reaching back through Bill Evans and forward to Spirit. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Cannonball AdderleyBill EvansOliver NelsonJimmy HeathJohn DankworthBilly TaylorBill Evans TrioGalt MacdermotMiles DavisSpiritEllis Marsalis Jr.Letta MbuluTimmy ThomasPhil UpchurchBabatunde OlatunjiPete RockRome FortuneHank MobleyWayne ShorterFreddie HubbardMiles DavisHorace SilverBill EvansThelonious MonkColeman Hawkins

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Cannonball Adderley connections

Cannonball Adderley grew out of Bill Evans, Oliver Nelson, Jimmy Heath and John Dankworth, shares an orbit with Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard and Miles Davis, went on to shape Spirit, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Letta Mbulu and Timmy Thomas. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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