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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
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Cannonball Adderley
Age: 46 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 15
Died: 1975
Died: August 8
Bandleader
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Jazz Musician
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Saxophonist
Tampa
Florida
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