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Pepper Adams: Pepper Adams Quintet

Read "Pepper Adams Quintet" reviewed by Joshua Weiner

by Joshua Weiner
November 16, 2025

Formed in 2025, the Gammaut label has upped the ante on deluxe audiophile reissues of classic jazz with their debut release, Pepper Adams Quintet (Mode Records, 1957). Original master tapes used? Check. Careful lacquer cutting at 45 RPM by Bernie Grundman? Check. Top-notch heavy vinyl pressing by Gotta Groove Records housed in a sturdy Stoughton gatefold? Check. To all these specs that routinely make audiophiles whip out their credit cards, Gammaut adds a gorgeous 40-page booklet with photos, newly-commissioned drawings, ...