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Infobox musical artist| name = Nat Adderley| caption = Nat Adderley| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Nathaniel Adderley| alias =| birth_date = birth date|1931|11|25| birth_place = Tampa, Florida , United States | death_date = death date and age|2000|1|2|1931|11|25| origin = Lakeland, Florida , United States| instrument = Cornet | genre = Hard bop Soul-jazz | occupation = Cornettist | years_active =| label =| associated_acts = Julian Cannonball Adderley|Julian "Cannonball" Adderley , Johnny Griffin , Ron Carter , Sonny Fortune | website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Nathaniel Adderley (November 25, 1931 in Tampa, Florida – January 2, 2000 in Lakeland, Florida )Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5982|pure_url=yes Allmusic Biography was an United States|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|Julian "Cannonball" Adderley .
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Adderley moved to Tallahassee, Florida when both parents were hired to teach at Florida A& M University . http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/adderley-nat-nathaniel Jazz.com: Nat Adderley He and Cannonball played with Ray Charles in the early 1940s in Tallahassee.Lydon, Michael, Ray Charles: Man and Music, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-97043-1, Routledge Publishing, January 22, 2004 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 .Webb, Steve. http://news.google.com/newspapers? id=ItwSAAAAIBAJ& sjid=W_wDAAAAIBAJ& pg=6405,4935346 "Nat Adderley remembers Dizzy - both musically and socially", The Ledger , January 9, 1993. Accessed September 10, 2009. He had also lived near his brother in Corona, Queens .Berman, Eleanor. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06001/629777.stm "The jazz of Queens encompasses music royalty", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , January 1, 2006. Accessed October 1, 2009. "When the trolley tour proceeds, Mr. Knight points out the nearby Dorie Miller Houses, a co-op apartment complex in Corona where Clark Terry and Cannonball and Nat Adderley lived and where saxophonist Jimmy Heath still resides."
Upon his death as a result of complications from diabetes in January 2000,cite news|url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html? res=F60A17FC345C0C778CDDA80894D8404482|title=Nat Adderley, Jazz Cornetist, Is Dead at 68|date=January 4, 2000|work= The New York Times |accessdate=21 September 2010 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.Stewart, Zan. http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2009/09/born_to_swing_nat_adderley_jr.html "Born to swing: Nat Adderley Jr. returns to his roots", The Star-Ledger , September 10, 2009. Accessed September 10, 2009.
Reflist Persondata|NAME=Adderley, Nat |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION=American jazz musician |DATE OF BIRTH=November 25, 1931 |PLACE OF BIRTH= Tampa, Florida , United States |DATE OF DEATH=January 2, 2000 |PLACE OF DEATH= Lakeland, Florida , United States
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