Mean What You Say (Thad Jones/Pepper Adams Quintet album)

Mean What You Say is an album by the Thad Jones/Pepper Adams Quintet recorded in 1966 and released on the Milestone label.Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians: Adams, Pepper accessed February 9, 2015Carner, G., Pepper Adams' Joy Road: An Annotated Discography, Rowman & Littlefield, 2012, p. 154

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic called the band a "high-quality hard bop unit" and stated "Jones and Adams always made for a potent team, but the rise of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra meant that this particular quintet only lasted a short time".Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, February 9, 2015

Track listing All compositions by Thad Jones except where noted. "Mean What You Say" – 4:36 "H and T Blues" – 7:42 "Wives and Lovers" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 4:55 "Bossa Nova Ova" – 3:23 "No Refill" – 4:38 "Little Waltz" (Ron Carter) – 6:30 "Chant" (Duke Pearson) – 5:20 "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:06

Personnel Thad Jones – flugelhorn Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone Duke Pearson – piano Ron Carter – bass Mel Lewis – drums

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