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Park Frederick " Pepper " Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986) [1] was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. [2] He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, [3] and participated in 600 sessions as a sideman. He worked with an array of musicians, and had especially fruitful ...
Pepper Adams. Pepper Adams (eigentlich Park Adams, * 8. Oktober 1930 in Highland Park, Michigan; † 10. September 1986 in New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Baritonsaxophonist des Hard Bop. Er pflegte im Gegensatz zu Gerry Mulligan eine harte, zupackende Spielweise und wurde deshalb von seinen Kollegen im Stan-Kenton -Orchester ...
12. Dez. 2023 · Pepper Adams was one of hard bop\'s most significant baritone saxophonists. His dark, hearty tone on the horn and driving rhythmic sense provided the antithesis to the lighter, floating (and consequently more popular) styles of Gerry Mulligan. His family moved to Rochester, New York when he was young and in that city he began his ...
By Thomas Cunniffe. In 1984, while recuperating from a leg injury, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams was visited by Gary Carner, who was at the time a City College of New York graduate student researching a thesis on Adams’ life and works. The temporarily incapacitated Adams was happy to relate stories to his student biographer, but plans to ...
12. Okt. 2019 · I was equally curious about its jazz culture and the influence of the Eastman School of Music. The New York City jazz scene of the 1950s of course intrigued me too. More than just recounting Adams’ gigs and living arrangements, I wanted to understand how jazz cross-pollinated with the other arts, and define Pepper’s place within it.
- Steven Cerra
Pepper Adams: Saxophone Trailblazer is more than a definitive biography of Park “Pepper” Adams (1930-1986). The culmination of thirty-seven years of research, it’s a fascinating account of Adams’s life and times, thanks to colorful vignettes drawn from the author’s 250 unpublished conversations with Adams and other esteemed musicians. These candid observations about Adams and his ...
My interest in Pepper Adams as a topic of inquiry began late in the 1982-83 academic year while I was enrolled in a jazz studies program at City College of New York. My course work that year had included two semesters of independent study under the direction of Barry Wallenstein, a gifted poet who had done a series of jazz poetry recordings. Wallenstein had learned from me that I was ...
