Nathaniel Adderley Jr. is an arranger and pianist with a rich career in American pop and R&B music. His father Nat Adderley (1931–2000) was a composer and jazz cornet and trumpet player, while his uncle Cannonball Adderley (1928–1975) was a jazz alto saxophonist. He started playing piano as a child and had his first song, “I’m on My Way”, recorded by his uncle Cannonball on the 1967 album Why Am I Treated So Bad! by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet when the young Nat Adderley was only 11 years old. Nat Adderley Jr. brings a lifetime of musical storytelling to the stage, blending jazz sophistication with soulful lyricism. Best known for his decades‑long work as music director and arranger for Luther Vandross, Adderley’s piano voice is warm, elegant, and deeply rooted in the blues and gospel traditions that shaped him.
Nat Adderley Jr.
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