Diese Diskografie des US-amerikanischen Baritonsaxophonisten Pepper Adams enthält im ersten Teil alle Schallplatten, die er zwischen 1957 und 1985 unter eigenem Namen oder als Co-Leader eingespielt hat. Seine wichtigsten Mitwirkungen als Begleitmusiker für Musiker wie Manny Albam, Gene Ammons, Chet Baker, Kenny Clarke, John Coltrane, Curtis Fuller, Johnny Griffin, Quincy Jones, Stan Kenton, Helen Merrill, Charles Mingus, Blue Mitchell, Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan, Oliver Nelson, Shorty Rogers, Joe Zawinul und dem Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra sind im zweiten Teil aufgeführt.
Alben unter eigenem Namen Titel Jahr Musiklabel Mitwirkende Musiker Diskographische Hinweise Pepper Adams Quintett 1957 VSOP Pepper Adams, Stu Williamson (tp), Carl Perkins (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Mel Lewis (dr) Critic’s Choice 1957 Pacific / Mighty Quinn Pepper Adams (bs), Lee Katzman (tp), Barry Harris (p), Tommy Flanagan (p), Thad Jones (tp) Erweiterte Neuausgabe bei Fresh Sound (New Star Award)New Star Award – Down Beat's Crit's poll – Diskographische Angaben bei Fresh Sound The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams 1957 Savoy Pepper Adams (bs), Bernard McKinney (euph), Hank Jones (p), George Duvivier (b), Elvin Jones (dr) (SLP 1142) Veröffentlicht auch als Pure Pepper (WL 70514) The Complete Regent Sessions 1957 Regent, Savoy, Fresh Sound Pepper Adams (bs), Sonny Red (as), Bernard McKinney (euph), Wynton Kelly, Hank Jones (p), Doug Watkins, George Duvivier (b), Elvin Jones (dr) Wiederveröffentlichung u. a. von The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams The Pepper-Knepper-Quintet 1958 Fresh Sound Pepper Adams (bs), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Wynton Kelly (p), Doug Watkins (b), Elvin Jones (dr) (FSR CD 344) 10 to 4 at the 5-Spot 1958 Riverside Pepper Adams (bs), Donald Byrd (tp=, Bobby Timmons (p), Doug Watkins (b), Elvin Jones (dr) (RLP 265) Veröffentlicht auch auf der Milestone-LP Young Byrd Stardust 1960 Bethlehem Pepper Adams (bs), Donald Byrd (tp), Tommy Flanagan (p), Paul Chambers (b), Louis Hayes (dr) Out of This World 1961 Warwick, Fresh Sound Auf Fresh Sound veröffentlicht als: Out of This World – The Complete Warwick Sessions (FSR 0137) Pepper Adams Plays Charles Mingus 1963 Fresh Sound Pepper Adams (bs), Thad Jones (tp), Bennie Powell (tb), Charles McPherson (ts), Zoot Sims (ts), Hank Jones (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Dannie Richmond (dr) Encounter 1968 Prestige Pepper Adams (bs), Zoot Sims (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Ron Carter (b), Elvin Jones (dr) Ephemera 1973 Spotlite Pepper Adams (bs), Roland Hanna (p), George Mraz (b), Mel Lewis (dr) Mean What You Say 1974 Milestone Pepper Adams (b), Thad Jones (tp), Duke Pearson (p), Ron Carter (b), Mel Lewis (dr) (M 9001) Gemeinsames Quintett mit Thad Jones Julian 1975 Enja Pepper Adams (bs), Walter Norris (p), George Mraz (b), Makaya Ntshoko (dr) Gewidmet Cannonball Adderley Twelfth & Pingree 1975 Enja Pepper Adams (bs), Walter Norris (p), George Mraz (b), Makaya Ntshoko (dr) Live 1977 Black Music Pepper Adams (bs), John Marabuto (p), Bob Maize (b), Ron Marabuto (dr) Live in Half Moon Bay (Kalifornien) In Europe 1977 Improv (Frankreich) Pepper Adams (bs), Georges Arvanitas (p), Jacky Samson (b), Charles Saudrais (dr) Reflectory 1978 Muse Pepper Adams (bs), Roland Hanna (p), George Mraz (b), Billy Hart (dr) Pepper Adams-Jimmy Knepper Again! 1978 Progressive Pepper Adams (bS), Don Friedman (p), George Mraz (b), Billy Hart (dr) Urban Dreams 1981 Palo Alto / Quicksilver Pepper Adams (bs), Jimmy Rowles (p), George Mraz (b), Billy Hart (dr) (PA 8099/804194) The Master 1985 Camden Records Pepper Adams (bs), Vinnie Cutro (tp), James L. Dean (as), Frank Foster (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Roland Hanna (p), Noreen Gray (p), George Mraz (b), Earl Souls (b), Billy Hart (dr), Leroy Williams (dr), Glenn Davis (dr) Conjuration – Fat Tuesday's Session 1983 Reservoir Pepper Adams (bs), Kenny Wheeler (tp/flh), Hank Jones (p), Clint Houston (b), Louis Hayes (dr) Generations 1985 Muse Pepper Adams (bs), James L. Dean (ts/as/cl), Frank Foster (ts), Noreen Grey (p), Glenn Davis dr Von James L. Dean organisierte Session Adams Effect 1985 Muse Pepper Adams (bs), Frank Foster (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Ron Carter (b), Billy Hart (dr) Pepper 1986 Enja Pepper Adams (bs), Walter Norris (p), George Mraz (b), Makaya Ntshoko (dr), Denny Christianson Big Band Twelfth & Pingree 2018 Enja Pepper Adams (bs), Walter Norris (p), George Mraz (b), Makaya Ntshoko (dr) Julian Enja Records 2022 Pepper Adams, Walter Norris, George Mraz, Makaya Ntshoko Motor City Scene Bethlehem Records 2022 Pepper Adams, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, „Hey“ Lewis, Paul Chambers Live at Room at the Top Reel to Real 2022 Pepper Adams with the Tommy Banks Trio mit Bobby Cairns, Tom Doran
Mitwirkung auf Alben als Gast- oder Begleitmusiker (Auswahl) Bandleader Titel Musiklabel Jahr Manny Albam Jazz Horizons Dot / Fresh Sound 1956 Gene Ammons The Big Sound Prestige 1958 Gene Ammons Blue Gene Prestige 1958 Chet Baker Chet OJC 1958 Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner & Loewe OJC 1958 George Benson Giblet Gravy Verve Records 1968 Joshua Breakstone Echoes Contemporary 1986 Donald Byrd At The Half Note Cafe, Vols. 1 & 2 Blue Note 1960 Donald Byrd Electric Byrd Blue Note 1970 Paul Chambers Chambers Music Blue Note 1955 Denny Christianson Suite Mingus Justin Time 1986 Kenny Clarke Meets the Detroit Jazzmen Savoy 1956 John Coltrane Dakar Prestige/OJC 1957 Jimmy Forrest Soul Street Prestige/OJC 1961 Don Friedman Hot Pepper and Knepperim Timeless 1978 Curtis Fuller Four on the Outside Timeless 1978 Dizzy Gillespie Live At The Village Vanguard Blue Note 1967 Benny Goodman Yale Archives Vol. 4 – Big Band Recordings Limelight 1958–1964 Urbie Green The Message RCA, Fresh Sound 1959 Johnny Griffin Johnny Griffin Sextet OJC 1958 Barry Harris Luminescence! OJC 1967 Freddie Hubbard Minor Mishap Black Lion 1961 Elvin Jones At This Point in Time Blue Note 1973 Quincy Jones This Is How I Feel About Jazz Impulse! 1957 Quincy Jones Ndeda Mercury 1964 Quincy Jones Gula Matari A&M Records 1970 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Thad Jones/Mel Lewis LRC 1969–70 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 4 TCB 1969 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Village Vanguard Live Sessions LRC 1969 Stan Kenton Kenton In Hi-Fi Capitol 1956–58 Peter Leitch Red Zone Reservoir 1984 Peter Leitch Exhilaration Reservoir 1988 Mel Lewis Got’ Cha Fresh Sound 1958 Teo Macero Impressions of Charles Mingus Palo Alto 1983 Johnny Mandel The James Dean Story Pacific Jazz, Fresh Sound 1956 Howard McGhee The Bop Master Affinity 1960 Helen Merrill Chasin’ the Bird (Gershwin) EmArCy 1979 Charles Mingus The Complete Debut Recordings Debut, Fantasy 1951–58 Charles Mingus Blues and Roots Atlantic 1959 Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um Columbia 1959 Charles Mingus The Complete Town Hall Concert Blue Note 1962 Blue Mitchell A Sure Thing OJC 1962 Thelonious Monk At Town Hall Columbia 1959 Lee Morgan The Cooker Blue Note 1957 Lee Morgan Standards Blue Note 1967 Oliver Nelson More Blues and Abstract Truth Impulse! Records 1964 Lennie Niehaus Zounds OJC 1954–56 Houston Person Blue Odyssey OJC 1968 Hod O’Brien Opalescence Criss Cross 1985 Dave Pell A Pell of a Time Fresh Sound 1957 Bill Perkins The Front Line Storyville 1978 Shorty Rogers Portrait Of Shorty RCA Victor 1957 Howard Rumsey In the Solo Spotlight OJC 1954–57 A. K. Salim Oktett Pretty for the People Savoy 1957 Toots Thielemans Man Bites Harmonica OJC 1957 Stanley Turrentine Rough ’n’ Rumble Blue Note 1966 Bishop Norman Williams One for Bird Teresa 1978 Jimmy Witherspoon Blues for Easy Livers Prestige 1966 Joe Zawinul Money in the Pocket AtcoWiederveröffentlicht durch Rhino mit The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream 1965
Literatur Gary Carner: Pepper Adams’ Joy Road. An Annotated Discography. Scarecrow Press, Lanham/MD 2012. ISBN 978-0-8108-8256-0.
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Weblinks [ Diskographie bei] Allmusic Pepper Adams Editionen bei Fresh Sound Records Bielefelder Katalog 1985, 1988, 2001
Adams, Pepper