can anyone recomend any pepper adams cds

[namenotfound06]

im starting to listen to more and more pepper adams, and i was wondering if anyone could recomend any, ive already got some heres the name of them

encounter
urban dreams (dont really care for)
live at the 5 spot
the cool sounds of pepper adams
and this other semi compilation that i cant remember the name

is there any other albums that any one can recomend?

or any leo parker/serge chaloff or the name of any harry carney solo albums (if they exist) or any ellington featuring harry carney

thank you in advance
jeremy

[Tim Price]

Try these;

The Pepper Adams Quintet, 1957, VSOP. 10 To 4 At The Five Spot, 1958, Prestige.
The Master, 1980, Muse.
Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session, 1983, Reservoir.
The Adams Effect, 1985-86, Uptown. [/color]
Plays Charlie Mingus ..is one of my favs ever.

California Cooking..is a must for the version of " Oleo".

Kenny Clarke Meets the Detroit Jazzmen is something to think about...its a younger Pepper and the version of "Cotton Tail " is a must hear.

And of course no Pepper fan should be without-
Mean What You Say ...with Thad Jones and Pepper from 1966.
There's some nice 2 horn playing and Thad and Pepper go together like Scotch and Ice.

Some of the Mingus records- " Blues And Roots"..are important as well.

That should help.
In the early days Pepper used a metal berg with #5 rico reeds.
As time went on he found a Lawton he dug.
Nobody has yet to come close to his _note choice_or drive.

HTH 8-)

[altoist]

or any leo parker/serge chaloff or the name of any harry carney solo albums (if they exist) or any ellington featuring harry carney

thank you in advance
jeremy

The 2CD compilation listed under Ben Webster's name "Music For Loving"
also contains the LP "Harry Carney with Strings", Carney's only album as
leader as far as I know. Quite unfortunate that he did only that one. That
was truly a time when giants walked the earth, every Ellington reed section was laden with superstars.

[Gange]

You could also check out the albums he did with, or as sideman to, Donald Byrd.

* Byrd in hand (This one is simply great!)
* Out of this world

And, I guess, some more... :-)

[gary]

Try these;Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session, 1983, Reservoir.I second the nomination on this one.

[DanY]

Red's Good Groove: Red Garland, Pepper Adams, Blue Mitchell, Philly Joe Jones and Paul Chambers.

[kevvieg]

For sheer great solos, I really liked the albums he did for Muse, which have been reissued as a double CD:

The Master (My shining Hour was an epiphany!)
Reflectory (Sophistocated Lady!)

I LOVED Urban Dreams. His sound isn't as good with the Duck-off and plastic reeds, but his soloing and the rhythm section are beautiful.

The Donald Byrd stuff is great, especially "Byrd in hand" and "Chant".

I like the burning, take-no-prisoners Pepper Adams more than the "cool" stuff. His solos on "New Life" with Thad and Mel come to mind as take-no-prisoners.

I didn't love Conjuration. I have enormous respect for Kenny Wheeler but, in this case, I didn't think that his style and Pepper's were complementary.

Apparently (according to the liner notes), the same concert that yielded "California Cookin'" also had a live session with Pepper and Nick Brignola that WAS recorded. I'd love to see that released given that Baritone Madness was not as successful (musically) as it should have been.

Pepper did a session in Montreal with Denny Christianson's big band called "Suite Mingus". He was very ill at the time, but he absolutely tore it up on every solo. I heard some footage from the Montreal jazz Festival in 1986, which was the last time Pepper performed live. Despite having one usable lung and advanced brain cancer, Pepper played to the same standard for which he was always admired. That was INSPIRING, but heart-breaking at the same time.

When I was in university, I took an improv class with a bunch of players who were not exactly baritone positive. The guy who ran the course was an ex-Woody Herman trombonist who had played with EVERYBODY in New York, but settled in Nova Scotia to get away from the rat race. Somebody asked him who the best player was to listen to in terms of developing a creative vocabulary over changes. He responded with "Pepper Adams - you alto and tenor snobs could learn about having an original voice from a player like Pepper ". He was also the guy who hipped me to gary Smulyan, and this was almost 20 years ago. He said "If Nick or Pepper were having an average night, as opposed to a great night, gary would give either of them a run for their money". If You like Pepper, you owe it to yourself to get hip to Gary. He's got his own style, but he's the heir apparent.

[Michael Ward]

Serge Chaloff " Blue Serge " and "Boston Blow Up " have been released together and are essential. Serge had a real way with a ballad and his rendition of What's New is as soulful as it gets. Also if you dig baritone you must check out Pat Patrick and Charles Davies with Sun Ra. There's a nice Leo Parker CD 1947-1950 which has some fantastic early rock n roll bari and nice ballads. It's on Classic Records

[namenotfound06]

kevvieg2:yeah i remember hearing bout that when i had a master class at centrum with gary smulyan. he is good, when i first heard his cds i didnt really like him but now i do, and the first thing i could tell when i heard him play was hearing his pepper adams influence.

yeah and of course his solos on urban dreams are his usual, but i just had some trouble cus his sound there was alot thinner and edgier than it usually is, and so i havent really listend to it for a while.

and thanks to everyone listed all the cds, im going to check them out and see if i can find where they all are and get them, when i have some money.

[polarbear]

or Pepper Adams Plays Charles Mingus or also some of the Village Vanguard stuff or with Mingus

Fritz

[Michael Ward]

Pepper made a nice little album with Chet Baker called simply " Chet", It's an album which is great to relax to, mostly standards ,beautiful playing with an amazing rhythm section featuring Bill Evans. Herbie Mann also plays lovely toned altoflute throughout too. It's on Riverside (Original Jazz Classics).....Nice