Cannonball Adderley
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About
Influential jazz saxophonist who released his best known single, "Mercy Mercy Mercy," in 1966.
Before fame
He played with Ray Charles as a teenager in the 1940s.
Trivia
He released over forty albums as a band leader between 1950 and 1975.
Family life
He married singer Olga James in 1962.
Associated with
He was featured on Miles Davis' 1959 album, Kind of Blue.