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Edwin Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was a jazz alto
saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is remembered
for his 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy",a crossover hit
on the pop charts (it was also covered by the Buckinghams). He worked with
trumpeter Miles Davis, on his own 1958 Somethin' Else album, and on the seminal
Davis records Milestones (1958) and Kind of Blue (1959). He was the older
brother of jazz trumpeter Nat Adderley, a longtime member of his band.