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Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Hipness is not a state of mind, It's a fact of life!

Hipness, Jazz And Life, Life, Mind, Music, State

Understanding is the least important thing when it comes to digging jazzbecause, like anything else, jazz is a form of entertainment. It is created to be enjoyed, not understood like you read a blueprint.

Digging, Important, Jazzbecause, Read, Understanding

I keep reverting (to Duke Ellington), he to me is the greatest ever and my favorite jazz philosopher, as such.

Dukes, Favorite, Jazz, Keep, Philosopher, Reverting

There's no future without the past and anybody who doesn't really understand where jazz has come from has no right to try to direct where it's going.

Come, Future, Jazz, Past, Right, Trying

You don't decide you're hip. It just happens that way.

African American, Decide, Hip, Musician, Way

A young tenor player was complaining to me that Coleman Hawkins made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to make him nervous! Hawkins has been making other sax players nervous for forty years!

Complaining, Hawkins, Man, Men, Music, Player

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