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Pepper Adams

Label: Victor
Released: 2016
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Tracks

Bossa Nouveau; Body And Soul; Min. And Maj. Blues; Ephemera; Dear Old Stockholm.

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Album Description

[EN] American baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams was a lifelong world traveler, performing with such a vast number of musicians that legend has it, it's easier to list those he didn't play with than the others... Considered a "black" musician from the outset, by the 1950s, he transformed the baritone saxophone's playing with his rich harmonic contributions, the mobility, and the extremely raw and cutting sound of his instrument (earning him the nickname "The Knife") and his great improvisational skills. Part of the young Detroit bop generation (Donald Byrd, Elvin Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers...), he then moved to New York and later California, where he successively joined the big bands of Stan Kenton, Lionel Hampton, Shorty Rogers, and Benny Goodman. In the 1960s, as a highly sought-after sideman, he became one of the most important soloists in the groups of Charles Mingus and Elvin Jones before forming a quintet with Donald Byrd and Bobby Timmons. A member of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band in the early 1970s, where he stayed until 1977, he subsequently regularly performed in Europe with various local rhythm sections. This album was recorded in 1977 during one of his concerts in Bordeaux, released on the Impro label, featuring the trio led by the brilliant French pianist Georges Arvanitas.

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