Nat Adderley, Jr. at PJS Second Sunday Jazz

Growing up in a major jazz family, the pianist, composer, and arranger Nat Adderley Jr. was destined to be a musician. His father was the powerhouse cornetist and composer Nat Adderley, who was famed for his work with his brother, the legendary alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.

Adderley, Jr. began playing the piano soon after turning age 5. He has spent nearly his entire career in pop and R&B, primarily as music director and arranger for the late R&B singer Luther Vandross. But Adderley now has ste his sights set back on jazz. "I'm trying to go ahead and reclaim my roots," he says. "I've always loved the 1960s, a phenomenal period. I still love (John) Coltrane and Chick Corea from that time. And I'm a late (Thelonious) Monk convert." ...

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Growing up in a major jazz family, the pianist, composer, and arranger Nat Adderley Jr. was destined to be a musician. His father was the powerhouse cornetist and composer Nat Adderley, who was famed for his work with his brother, the legendary alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.

Adderley, Jr. began playing the piano soon after turning age 5. He has spent nearly his entire career in pop and R&B, primarily as music director and arranger for the late R&B singer Luther Vandross. But Adderley now has ste his sights set back on jazz. "I'm trying to go ahead and reclaim my roots," he says. "I've always loved the 1960s, a phenomenal period. I still love (John) Coltrane and Chick Corea from that time. And I'm a late (Thelonious) Monk convert."

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