Pepper Adams Quintet

Pepper Adams Quintet
Studio album by Pepper Adams
Released	1957
Recorded	July 10, 1957
Studio	Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	30:35
Label	Mode MOD-LP 112
Pepper Adams chronology
Baritones and French Horns (1957) Pepper Adams Quintet (1957) Critics' Choice (1958)
Pepper Adams 5 cover

Pepper Adams Quintet (reissued as Pepper Adams 5), is the debut album by baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams recorded in 1957 and originally released on the Mode label.^[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[5]

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn states "Pepper Adams ranked among modern jazz's finest baritone saxophonists. His mastery of the middle and lower registers and technical acumen enabled him to play the physically cumbersome baritone with a speed, facility, and style usually restricted to smaller horns. This '57 quintet date featured him in a more relaxed context with West Coast jazz types".^[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as "unusually relaxed".^[5]

Track listing

1. "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) – 6:22
2. "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" (George Forrest, Robert Wright) – 8:29
3. "Freddie Froo" (Pepper Adams) – 6:02
4. "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) – 3:52
5. "Muezzin" (Adams) – 5:52

Personnel

• Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
• Stu Williamson – trumpet, except track 4
• Carl Perkins – piano
• Leroy Vinnegar – bass
• Mel Lewis – drums

References

1. Jazzlists:Mode Records discography accessed February 21, 2017
2. Pepper Adams catalog accessed February 21, 2017
3. Encilopedia del Jazz: Pepper Adams accessed May 10, 2017
4. Wynn, Ron. Pepper Adams Quintet – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.