Published on 08-20-2010 07:04 AM
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Saxophonist claims he introduced a young Biggie Smalls to the work of Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Parker and Ella Fitzgerald.
Did Notorious BIG learn his flow from Cannonball Adderley? One of the late rapper's former neighbors, saxophonist Donald Harrison, claims to have introduced him to the work of jazz giants including Adderley, Charlie Parker and Ella Fitzgerald, teaching the teenage Biggie about diction, phrasing and scat techniques.
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