Pepper Adams Quintet
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{{Infobox album
| name = Pepper Adams Quintet
| type = Album
| artist = Pepper Adams
| cover = Pepper Adams Quintet.jpg
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| released = 1957
| recorded = July 10, 1957
| venue =
| studio = Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA
| genre = Jazz
| length = 30:35
| label = Mode
MOD-LP 112
| producer =
| chronology = Pepper Adams
| prev_title = Baritones and French Horns
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = Critics' Choice
| next_year = 1958
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Pepper Adams 5 cover
| type = Album
| cover = Pepper Adams 5.jpg
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Pepper Adams Quintet (reissued as Pepper Adams 5), is the debut album by baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams recorded in 1957 and originally released on the Mode label.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Mode.htm Jazzlists:Mode Records discography] accessed February 21, 2017[http://www.jazzdisco.org/pepper-adams/catalog/#mode-mod-lp-112 Pepper Adams catalog] accessed February 21, 2017[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|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=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}}
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The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn states "Pepper Adams ranked among modern jazz's finest baritone saxophonists. His mastery of the middle and lower registers and technical acumen enabled him to play the physically cumbersome baritone with a speed, facility, and style usually restricted to smaller horns. This '57 quintet date featured him in a more relaxed context with West Coast jazz types".{{AllMusic|first=Ron |last=Wynn |class=album |id=mw0000675475 |title=Pepper Adams Quintet – Review |accessdate=February 21, 2017}} The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as "unusually relaxed".
Track listing
- "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) – 6:22
- "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" (George Forrest, Robert Wright) – 8:29
- "Freddie Froo" (Pepper Adams) – 6:02
- "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) – 3:52
- "Muezzin" (Adams) – 5:52
Personnel
- Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
- Stu Williamson – trumpet, except track 4
- Carl Perkins – piano
- Leroy Vinnegar – bass
- Mel Lewis – drums
References
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