When alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley made his debut in the New York jazz scene in 1955, he immediately fell on his blues-drenched tone and swinging timing. A few years later, Miles Davis asked him to expand his famous Quintet to a sextet. With this group he took the groundbreaking album Kind Of Blue by. In the sixties, which many jazz musicians sought new forms, held in Adderley quintet with
… his brother Nat, confidently onto the blues influenced by gospel and soul jazz. Hits like Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (1967) brought jazz closer to rock music, without having to compromise.more