Cannonball Adderley
alto saxophone
Alto saxophonist and bandleader from Florida; Barry joined his band in 1960, which took him from Detroit to New York for good and brought him to Riverside Records, though he stayed only a few months.
- mentions
- 13
- recordings
- 11
- Barry speaking
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What Barry says
Barry had not played with Cannonball in Detroit, but they knew each other from Cannonball’s visits. As Barry remembers it, Bobby Timmons was leaving to do trio work, so Cannonball had Barry join him, and Barry left Detroit with the band in 1960; from then on he stayed mostly in New York.
His contract with Riverside came through Cannonball, and while he was in the band he recorded his trio album Live at the Jazz Workshop on the West Coast, with Sam Jones and Louis Hayes; he had made one trio record before that, for Argo. He also recorded with Cannonball, at the time he came back to New York.
He stayed with Cannonball only a few months, about three, much as with Max Roach before; then he found a place to live near the Staten Island Ferry.
Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶205Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶304
Barry dates his departure from Detroit to 1960, when he joined Cannonball, and says most of the Detroit musicians close to him left when he did. Elsewhere he places it at the time Yusef Lateef, Paul Chambers and many others were leaving the city.
Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶163Victor L. Schermer (interviewer); Barry Harris, Barry Harris: Iconic Jazz Pianist and Keeper of the Flame ¶21
Talking about the theatres for big bands that almost every city had, Barry recalls playing opposite Ray Charles with Cannonball’s band; he first places it at the Howard in Washington, then corrects himself to the Apollo.
After he left Cannonball, his work in New York came from gigs with Yusef Lateef and a duo job at Junior’s, a bar around the corner from Birdland.
In his own words
Well, when he came through, he knew me and I knew him. I guess Bobby Timmons was with him... so he had me come join him.
That was through Cannonball. I made my first record out on the West Coast, Live At the Jazz Workshop with Sam Jones and Louis Hayes while I was with Cannonball.
So, come to the ‘60s with Cannonball, I stayed with them maybe for the same amount of time I stayed with Max, maybe about three months
1960, when I joined Cannonball. See most of the musicians left when I left, ‘cause they were closely associated with me.
Every mention
13 moments in the recordings, 1 of them Barry speaking. Each says who is talking.
The 2016 workshop, part 3: Monk’s tunes, not his style
- 30:59
He tried to keep the music alive, but Cannonball and Miles and them took over.
The Spirit of Bebop
- 25:44
Someone else
A commentator in the documentary, not Barry: Cannonball came to Detroit and took Barry to New York, around 1960.
Artists House Master Class Barry Harris - Introduction by Gary Giddins
- 3:36
Someone else
Gary Giddins: Cannonball convinced Barry to leave Detroit for New York and took him into his quintet in 1960.
Barry Harris- Jazz Master, Educator, Saint
My Chat With Chris Parks From Things I Learned From Barry Harris
- 49:27
A teacher
Chris Parks says that as a player Barry became best known through his time with Cannonball.
Minor Blues EP 85 TILF Barry Harris
- 10:05
A teacher
Chris Parks: on his records with Cannonball, Barry plays a lot of minor material, with a lovely minor sixth diminished.
Barry Harris Spanish TV
- 16:11
Someone else
Spanish TV narrator: in 1960 Cannonball Adderley took Barry into his quintet.
12-15-18 “Mr. Barry Harris aka The Man Who Walks on Notes” - Star Eyes
- 3:13
Someone else
Jazz Corner TV introduction: joining Cannonball, Barry left Detroit for New York (caption gives the year as ‘1916’).
Interview: tap dance and bebop
Barry Harris Workshop Madrid 2018
- 0:00
Someone else
A Madrid workshop video names the brothers Cannonball and Nat Adderley among musicians Barry has played with.
In the interviews and notes
Barry had not played with Cannonball in Detroit, but they knew each other from his visits; Barry thinks Bobby Timmons was leaving to work with a trio, so Cannonball brought him in, and in 1960 Barry left Detroit with him.
Barry’s Riverside contract came through Cannonball, and his trio record Live at the Jazz Workshop, with Sam Jones and Louis Hayes, was made on the West Coast while he was in the band.
Once he had left Cannonball, Barry picked up gigs with Yusef Lateef and a duo job at Junior’s, a little bar down the street from Birdland.
Barry puts his time in Cannonball’s band at about three months, roughly as long as his stay with Max Roach, and says most of the Detroit musicians close to him left the city when he did.
Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶163Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶205Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶304
With Cannonball’s band Barry played opposite Ray Charles, at the Apollo as he finally remembers it; he mentions it while explaining that almost every city had a theatre for big bands.
After his time in Max Roach’s group, Barry says, he went home to Detroit and then joined Cannonball Adderley; this was when Yusef Lateef, Paul Chambers and many other fine Detroit players were leaving to try their luck in other cities.
Panken writes that in 1960 Cannonball signed Barry up for Riverside and brought him to New York to stay; Barry lived at first in an unheated loft on Broad Street in the Financial District.
The JazzTimes profile says Barry was so rooted in Detroit that moving to New York hardly crossed his mind until his 1960 work with Cannonball took him back there and he stayed; it also names Cannonball among the masters Barry backed as a sideman.
unknown (JazzTimes; the byline is missing on the current site), Barry Harris: Teacher Man ¶9unknown (JazzTimes; the byline is missing on the current site), Barry Harris: Teacher Man ¶4
Charles McPherson remembers Barry’s Detroit house as a busy meeting place where musicians passing through from New York would call; Cannonball was among those he saw there.
unknown (JazzTimes; the byline is missing on the current site), Barry Harris: Teacher Man ¶8
Recordings that name them
Barry’s performances and records in the archive that credit or name them.
Method ideas nearby
Ideas of the method taught in the classes where they come up, with how many mentions fall in each.