| Song | Jive Samba |
| Artist | Dianne Reeves |
| Album | Quiet After The Storm |
| "Hipness is not a state of mind but a fact of life" | |
| He used to say | |
| A big man with a big alto sound | |
| Folks affectionately called him Cannonball | |
| "A teacher, historian, a jazz griot" someone wrote | |
| Cannon could blow a sermon with every note | |
| Departed at the young age of forty-three plus three | |
| But not without leaving us a rich jazz legacy |