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Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams

The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Sessions

By Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams

Label: Mosaic Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Lover Come Back To Me; When Your Love Has Gone; Sudwest Funk; Paul

Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams: Motor City Scene

by David A. Orthmann
July 1, 2000

A reissue of a session originally released in 1961, Motor City Scene is an excellent example of the wealth of talent in the Detroit area during the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Co-led by trumpeter Donald Byrd and baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, the cast includes a veritable who’s who of jazzmen on their respective instruments: pianist Tommy ...

Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams: The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Sessions

by Jim Santella
May 1, 2000

Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams began their jazz careers under similar circumstances at about the same time. Two years of military service, a musical education, and experience with established leaders prepared the trail. From Detroit, both found themselves in the center of New York’s late 1950s hard bop jazz scene. That fertile era produced some of ...