Reflectory (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Reflectory
| type = Album
| artist = Pepper Adams
| cover = Reflectory (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1978
| recorded = June 14, 1978
| venue =
| studio = CI Recording, NYC
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:29
| label = Muse
MR 5182
| producer = Mitch Farber
| chronology = Pepper Adams
| prev_title = Baritone Madness
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Be-Bop?
| next_year = 1979
}}
Reflectory is an album by baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, recorded in 1978 and released on the Muse label.{{Cite web |title=Dates as Leader |url=http://www.pepperadams.com/DatesAsLeader.html |access-date=February 22, 2017 |website=PepperAdams.com}}{{Cite web |title=Pepper Adams Catalog |url=https://www.jazzdisco.org/pepper-adams/catalog/ |access-date=February 22, 2017 |website=Jazz Discography Project}}[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Muse_5150.htm Jazzlists: Muse LP series discography: 5150 to 5199] accessed February 22, 2017[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/adams-pepper/ Encilopedia del Jazz: Pepper Adams] accessed May 10, 2017 It was nominated for a Grammy Award, for "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist".{{cite web |title=Pepper Adams |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/pepper-adams/421 |website=Grammy Awards |access-date=6 March 2024}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = US
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/4 4]
}}
}}
The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden states: "Adams' approach to the baritone sax is sometimes a bit more aggressive and less melodic than Gerry Mulligan, which results in occasional inadvertent reed squeaks in his tricky opener, 'Reflectory'. Better is the outspoken yet still lovely treatment of Duke Ellington's 'Sophisticated Lady'. The most surprising track is his rapid-fire arrangement of the ballad 'That's All', in which Hanna takes top solo honors. This recommended album is worth acquiring."{{AllMusic|first=Ken|last=Dryden|class=album|id=mw0000907343|title=Pepper Adams - Reflectory – Review|accessdate=February 22, 2017}}
Track listing
All compositions by Pepper Adams, except where noted.
- "Refelectory" – 7:00
- "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington) – 5:37
- "Etude Diablolique" – 7:16
- "Claudette's Way" – 6:11
- "I Carry Your Heart" – 6:53
- "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 6:32
Personnel
References
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