Cannonball Adderley Professions : Saxophonist Born : September 15, 1928 Died : August 8, 1975 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Cannonball Adderley Hipness is not a state of mind, It's a fact of life! Cannonball Adderley music mind facts 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. Cannonball Adderley entertainment understanding important You don't decide you're hip. It just happens that way. Cannonball Adderley african-american musician way 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. Cannonball Adderley jazz trying past I keep reverting (to Duke Ellington), he to me is the greatest ever and my favorite jazz philosopher, as such. Cannonball Adderley philosopher dukes jazz 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! Cannonball Adderley music player men Similar Authors Branford Marsalis saxophonist Benny Carter saxophonist Bennie Wallace saxophonist Don Byas saxophonist Dewey Redman saxophonist Dave Koz saxophonist All Authors
