1. Cannonball
Adderley

2. Fun Facts Cannonball was born on September 15th 1928 In Tampa Florida
He wanted to play the Tenor sax but money and instruments were scarce in the 2nd world war.
He attended Florida A&M University
He Taught high school at
Fort Lauderdale Florida

3. Things He did in his life
He played in the Navy Jazz band and lived in Washington DC for a while. He later moved to New York City where he would go into graduate studies at the collage of New York University

5. How he died Cannonball struggled
With diabetes his hole life and on the day of August 8th 1975 he succumbed to a stroke and died. He was one of the few great Jazz musicians that lived a good long life and didn’t die early.

6. Resources http://cannonballadderley.jazzgiants.net/biography