enja CD 9115-2Producer: Horst
Weber
Co-Producer: Gerd Francesconi
Recorded by Carlos Albrecht
Location: Live at the domicile, Munich
Date: August 13,1975
Cover design: Michael Stückl
(c) & (p) 1998 enja records
horst weber gmbh |
Pepper
Adams baritone saxophone
Walter Norris piano
George Mraz bass
Makaya Ntshoko drums
1. Jirge by
Pepper Adams 9:01
2. Julian
by Pepper Adams & George Mraz 7:07
3. Spacemaker by Walter Norris 6:05
4. Ad Astra by Pepper Adams 7:42
5. Three And One by Thad Jones 10:23
6. Tis by Thad Jones 2:54
7. Time On My Hands by Youman 10:24
8. Lady Luck by Thad Jones 7:11
“The only new baritone saxophonist with any
class”, said Ralph J. Gleason - one of the century’s most influential jazz
writers - about Pepper Adams. Leonard Feather praised him as “one of the few true
giants of the baritone sax.” Pepper Adams was born in Michigan, Oct. 8, 1930. He
moved to New York in 1956 and took up with Kenton’s band the following year. Later he
played with such greats as Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, and the Thad
Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band. Adams was a three-time Grammy nominee, he won the donw beat
magazine’s New Star award in 1957, and he won the influential jazz publication’s
critics poll as baritone player at least six times. |
