Encounter!
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{{Infobox album
| name = Encounter!
| type = Studio
| artist = Pepper Adams
| cover = Encounter!.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1969
| recorded = December 11–12, 1968
| venue =
| studio = Nola Sound Studios, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 44:40
| label = Prestige
PR 7677
| producer = Fred Norsworthy and Otto Gust
| chronology = Pepper Adams
| prev_title = Mean What You Say
| prev_year = 1966
| next_title = Ephemera
| next_year = 1973
}}
Encounter! is an album led by saxophonist Pepper Adams which was recorded in 1968 at Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, December 11–12, 1968 and released on the Prestige label in 1969.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7600-series/#pr-7677 Prestige Records discography] accessed May 24, 2013[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/adams-pepper/ Encilopedia del Jazz: Pepper Adams] accessed May 10, 2017
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=9}}
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/4 4]
}}
}}
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Baritonist Pepper Adams and tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims (who rarely performed together) make a surprisingly compatible team... The setting is more advanced than usual for Sims, who rises to the challenge".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/encounter!-mw0000186183 Allmusic listing] accessed May 24, 2013 The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that "Jones overdoes the bashing, and the uptempo pieces are a battle, but the horns don't falter at any point".
Track listing
All compositions by Pepper Adams except where noted.
- "Inanout" – 5:47
- "The Star-Crossed Lovers" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 3:54
- "Cindy's Tune" – 5:58
- "Serenity" (Joe Henderson) – 6:27
- "Elusive" (Thad Jones) – 7:15
- "I've Just Seen Her" (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) – 7:17
- "Punjab" (Henderson) – 4:05
- "Verdandi" (Tommy Flanagan) – 3:57
Personnel
References
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