Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams (actually Park Adams, * 8. October 1930 in Highland Park , Michigan ; † 10. September 1986 in New York ) was an American baritone saxophonist of hard bop . In contrast to Gerry Mulligan, he used a hard, hands-on style of playing and was therefore called "The Knife" by his colleagues in the Stan Kenton Orchestra . Other important stations were the collaboration with Charles Mingus , his quintet with co-leader Donald Byrd and the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Big Band .
Live and act
Pepper Adams grew up in Rochester , New York , and made his first appearances there as a tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. When his family moved to Detroit , the fifteen-year-old Pepper met African American musicians and in 1947 played as a baritone saxophonist with Lucky Thompson . After studying and two years of military service in Korea, he played from 1953 with Tommy Flanagan , Paul Chambers , Elvin Jones and Kenny Burrell , with whom he went to New York in 1956. After a brief stint in the big band of Stan Kenton , he worked with Maynard Ferguson . After a tour to the west coast with Mel Lewis, Adams worked mainly in New York with his own groups, such as Donald Byrd , Jimmy Knepper and Bobby Timmons , with whom he also appeared at the Five Spot jazz club , and played freelance with Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus, among others , with which he recorded the album Blues and Roots in 1959 . In the 1960s he began working with the orchestra of Thad Jones and Mel Lewis , to which he was to belong from 1965 with interruptions until 1978. Adams also worked on his own albums, such as with Zoot Sims , Walter Norris and Roland Hanna . In 1981 he was a member of the Dizzy Gillespie Dream Band . Shortly before his death he worked at as a guest soloist Suite Mingus by Denny Christianson with.
His style on the baritone saxophone influenced Scott Robinson and Gary Smulyan , among others .
Discographic notes
- 1957 - The Cool Sound Of Pepper Adams ( Savoy Records ) with Bernard McKinney , Hank Jones , Elvin Jones
- 1957 - Pepper Adams Quintet with Stu Williamson ( fashion )
- 1958 - 10 To 4 At The 5 Spot (OJC, 1958) with Donald Byrd, Bobby Timmons , Doug Watkins
- 1961 - Out Of This World (Fresh Sound Records) with Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock , Teddy Charles
- 1963 - Pepper Adams Plays Charles Mingus (Fresh Sound Records) with Thad Jones , Charles McPherson , Zoot Sims , Hank Jones , Paul Chambers , Dannie Richmond
- 1968 - Encounter! (OJC) with Zoot Sims, Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter , Elvin Jones
- 1978 - The Master (Camden, 1978–85) with Frank Foster , Roland Hanna, George Mraz , Billy Hart
- 1983 - Conjuration: Fat Tuesday’s Session (Reservoir) with Kenny Wheeler , Hank Jones, Clint Houston , Louis Hayes
- 1986 - Pepper (Enja) with Walter Norris , George Mraz, Denny Christianson Big Band (1975–1986)
- 2012 - Joy Road: The Complete Works of Pepper Adams (Motema), with Jeremy Kahn , Gary Smulyan , Kevin Bales , Frank Basile , Joe Magnarelli , Adam Birnbaum , Dennis Irwin , Tim Horner , Alexis Cole , Pat LaBarbera , Eric Alexander
literature
- Martin Kunzler : Jazzlexikon , Reinbek, Rowohlt, 1998.
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Gary Carner: Pepper Adams' Joy Road. An Annotated Discography . Scarecrow Press, Lanham / MD 2012. ISBN 978-0-8108-8256-0 .
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ The original album Suite Mingus was released under the name of Denny Christianson with the title Suite Mingus (released on Justin Time Records 1987), it contains recordings that were made on August 3, 1986 just a few days before Adams' death
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adams, Pepper |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baritone saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Highland Park , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1986 |
| Place of death | new York |