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Nat Adderley, Jazz Cornetist and Composer, Dies at 68
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Nat Adderley, a jazz cornetist, trumpeter and composer, died on January 2, 2000 at a hospice in Lakeland, FL. He was 68 and lived in Lakeland. The cause was complications from diabetes. Adderley was born in Tampa in 1931 and began his career playing in the Army Band under the direction of his brother, Cannonball. After the army, he enrolled in FAMU and graduated in sociology. In 1954 he joined Lionel Hampton's group, and in 1959, the brothers reunited to form the Cannonball Adderely Quintet. Nat Adderley is best known for "Work Song," "Jive Samba," "Sermonette," and "Hummin." Adderley also appeared as a sideman on records by musicians including Kenny Clarke, Wynton Kelly and Jimmy Heath, and he collaborated with his brother on a musical about the folk hero John Henry. The production was released as an album, and was performed at Carnegie Hall in 1976, and then at the Kennedy Center and the La Jolla Playhouse in 1986. Mr. Adderley is survived by his wife, Ann; a son Nat Adderley Jr. of West Orange, NJ; a daughter, Alison Pittman of Palm Bay, Fla.; and five grandchildren.
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