American jazz cornetist and trumpeter. Both him and elder brother Julian "Cannonball" Adderley saw success in the bop scene from the 1950s onwards. He also contributed heavily to the development of soul jazz, during his tenure in his brother's quintet. Played in the bands of Lionel Hampton and Woody Herman, as well as collaborating with other jazz musicians in projects.
Nat was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997. He was an artist-in-residence at Florida Southern College in 1996.
In 1950, Nathaniel Adderly (18) was newly hired as a teacher. He was living with his parents, Julian and Jessie, in Tallahassee.[1]
Nat passed away in 2000. Burial was in the Southside Cemetery, Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida.[2]
Sources
↑1950 Census:
"1950 United States Federal Census"
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Tallahassee, Leon, Florida; Roll: 5156; Sheet Number: 27; Enumeration District: 37-14 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 62308 #82132129 (accessed 3 January 2023)
Nathaniel Adderley (18), single son, School Teacher New Worker, in household of Julian C. Adderley (46) in Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, USA. Born in Florida.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8401/nathaniel-adderley : accessed 19 June 2022), memorial page for Nathaniel “Nat” Adderley (25 Nov 1931–1 Jan 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8401, citing Southside Cemetery, Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave .
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MR-J9X9-P?cc=2000219&wc=QZXP-Q56%3A790105401%2C796094901%2C796094902%2C796094903 : accessed 22 July 2019), Florida > Leon > Election Precinct 1, Tallahassee > 37-1 Election Precinct 1, Tallahassee City bounded by (N) Call; (E) Gadsden; (S) Pensacola; (W) Macomb > image 28 of 41; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
Social Security: "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007" Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007 Ancestry ca Record 60901 #44304573 (accessed 3 January 2023) Name: Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley [Nathaniel C Adderley]; Gender: Male; Race: Black; Birth Date: 25 Nov 1931; Birth Place: Tampa Hillsb, Florida; Death Date: 2 Jan 2000; Father: Julian C Adderley; Mother: Jessie L Johnson; Notes: Oct 1954: Name listed as NATHANIEL CARLYLE ADDERLEY; 09 Feb 2000: Name listed as NATHANIEL C ADDERLEY.
Obituary Nat Adderley, Jazz cornetist and composer; Chicago Tribune, January 4, 2000 page 118 accessed on newspapers.com 01-03-2003 Link to Obituary
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