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Re-listen, but the recent(ish) Tone Poet edition, which is an even better mastering job, and a great pressing from RTI.

#nowplaying #vinyl #DonaldByrd #jazz #PepperAdams #DukePearson #LaymonJackson #LexHumphries

Live at the Village Vanguard is a live album by American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded on October 1, 1967, at the Village Vanguard and released on Solid State later that year.

The AllMusic review stated "These lengthy performances (all but one of the seven songs are over 11 minutes) contain some loose and rambling moments but also plenty of creative playing by this unusual group of all-stars" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be2QGrdD2Ow&list=RDbe2QGrdD2Ow&start_radio=1

#DizzyGillespie #PepperAdams #RayNance #ChickCorea #RichardDavis #ElvinJones #JazzTrumpet #Jazz #Music #LiveAlbums #VillageVanguard #SolidState #BlueNote

Pepper Adams Quintet

This 1957 reissue is the first release from Gammaut (https://www.gammaut.com) and if this is anything to go by, wow.

Not only did they do a great job remastering, the packaging has a detailed book inside about Adams and the band, plus the process.

None of which would mean much if the music wasn't good, and it is.

Exquisite...and $50, including shipping. Hard to call $50 a bargain, but...

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #PepperAdams

Jimmy Witherspoon - "Blues For Easy Livers" (1967)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kbhzIWXoSSEPSYQzKkGKXqTwLSuOwQj9U

#NowPlaying #JimmyWitherspoon #PepperAdams #RichardDavis #MelLewis #BillWatrous #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords

Hank Mobley - Poppin'

Add another one to the "old session (in this case, 1957) on the shelf until years later (1980)" pile. And even then, it was only released in Japan until recently.

Craziness.

Well, at least it's out now—a great hard bop session with Art Farmer (trumpet), Pepper Adams (baritone), Sonny Clark (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #hardbop #HankMobley #ArtFarmer #PepperAdams #SonnyClark #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones

Out of This World is an album by the Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet. The album features the recording debut of pianist Herbie Hancock.

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer, Leonard Feather, stated that the album was "the most successful Adams–Byrd collaboration to date", and described Hancock as "a capable and promising pianist" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWnBZ7Z6fko&list=OLAK5uy_mp0U-GQMgP3K0S9QOEAESleMnVSXg6p48

#PepperAdams #baritonesaxophone #DonaldByrd #HerbieHancock
#TeddyCharles #jazz #hardbop

Mean What You Say is an album by the Thad Jones/Pepper Adams Quintet recorded in 1966 and released on the Milestone label.

Scott Yanow of Allmusic called the band a "high-quality hard bop unit" and stated "Jones and Adams always made for a potent team, but the rise of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra meant that this particular quintet only lasted a short time" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnCBDM35UIs&list=PLyHn3f7-9IUKIZWASgx6hzsSW8CSaB2yG&index=3

#thadjones #pepperadams #hardbop #jazz #burtbacharach #milestonerecords

Zounds by The Lennie Niehaus Octet, released on Contemporary in 1958.

Lennie Niehaus, Vol. 2: Zounds! Review by Scott Yanow

This formerly rare Contemporary set was reissued on a 1997 OJC CD. Lennie Niehaus, best known for his scores for Clint Eastwood films in the 1980s and '90s, was an excellent cool-toned bop altoist back in the '50s who spent time working with Stan Kenton. For this album, he is heard on two different occasions providing arrangements and alto solos for octets. With such fine players as either Jack Montrose or Bill Perkins on tenor, Bob Gordon or Pepper Adams on baritone, and other top West Coast jazz musicians, Niehaus primarily performs cool jazz. The inventive charts (which on the later date utilize a French horn and a tuba) and the superior, concise solos make this a set well worth acquiring by fans of the West Coast jazz sound of the '50s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-k_BbSPJQM

#LennieNiehaus #stankenton #pepperadams #westcoastjazz #1958inmusic

The Cat Walk is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label in 1962 as BLP 4075.

The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Trumpeter Donald Byrd and baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams worked together on several recordings between 1958 and 1961, and The Cat Walk is among the best... Byrd's playing throughout is typically sleek and lyrical, and Adams' sturdy, husky baritone sound is the perfect counterbalance, making The Cat Walk an essential Byrd purchase" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jBKxKM4H6w&list=PLEyxWPyoryRICzMEycPKJqXxvbo2_UBVy&index=1

#donaldbyrd #bluenote #hardbop #dukepearson #pepperadams #jazz #1962inmusic