Pepper Adams Quintet

1957 studio album by Pepper Adams

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

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

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