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Dave Nanian @[email protected] · 2026-04-07 · 22:16 UTC

Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots

Mingus could do so much...but the album that people think of is often this—the one he put out to prove he could swing with the best of them.

And, hell, he sure could, accompanied by Booker Ervin (tenor), Dannie Richmond (drums), Horace Parlan (piano), Jackie McLean (alto), Jimmy Knepper (trombone), John Handy (alto), Mal Waldron (piano), Pepper Adams (baritone), and Willie Dennie (trombone).

#nowplaying #jazz #swing #gospel #CharlesMingus #PepperAdams

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Dave Nanian @[email protected] · 2026-03-13 · 19:12 UTC

RE: https://mas.to/@dnanian/109887680849788220

Re-listen, but the recent(ish) Tone Poet edition, which is an even better mastering job, and a great pressing from RTI.

#nowplaying #vinyl #DonaldByrd #jazz #PepperAdams #DukePearson #LaymonJackson #LexHumphries

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Dave Nanian @[email protected] · 2026-01-04 · 21:28 UTC

Pepper Adams Quintet

This 1957 reissue is the first release from Gammaut (https://www.gammaut.com) and if this is anything to go by, wow.

Not only did they do a great job remastering, the packaging has a detailed book inside about Adams and the band, plus the process.

None of which would mean much if the music wasn't good, and it is.

Exquisite...and $50, including shipping. Hard to call $50 a bargain, but...

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #PepperAdams

#pepperadams #jazz #vinyl #nowplaying

Xris @[email protected] · 2026-01-03 · 16:40 UTC

Jimmy Witherspoon - "Blues For Easy Livers" (1967)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kbhzIWXoSSEPSYQzKkGKXqTwLSuOwQj9U

#NowPlaying #JimmyWitherspoon #PepperAdams #RichardDavis #MelLewis #BillWatrous #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords

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Dave Nanian @[email protected] · 2025-11-30 · 17:25 UTC

Hank Mobley - Poppin'

Add another one to the "old session (in this case, 1957) on the shelf until years later (1980)" pile. And even then, it was only released in Japan until recently.

Craziness.

Well, at least it's out now—a great hard bop session with Art Farmer (trumpet), Pepper Adams (baritone), Sonny Clark (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #hardbop #HankMobley #ArtFarmer #PepperAdams #SonnyClark #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones

#phillyjoejones #paulchambers #sonnyclark #pepperadams #artfarmer #hankmobley

Dave Nanian @[email protected] · 2024-12-27 · 23:19 UTC

Real vs Fake bokeh is always interesting…

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #hardbop #DonaldByrd #HerbieHancock #ButchWarren #BillyHiggins #PepperAdams

#pepperadams #billyhiggins #butchwarren #herbiehancock #donaldbyrd #hardbop

Dave Nanian @[email protected] · 2024-12-27 · 21:12 UTC

Donald Byrd - Royal Flush

I guess it's 1961-day here.

An enjoyable hard bop session, and Herbie Hancock's Blue Note debut, accompanying Byrd (trumpet), Butch Warren (bass), Billy Higgins (drums), and Pepper Adams (sax).

Nice, un-limited remaster has that distinct RvG sound (including putting Hancock's piano in a cardboard box).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #hardbop #DonaldByrd #HerbieHancock #ButchWarren #BillyHiggins #PepperAdams

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John Eckman @[email protected] · 2024-12-09 · 20:58 UTC

Chet Baker, Chet, 1959 on Riverside

The labels carry a subtitle of “Ballads by Chet Baker,” and the rear cover suggests “The lyrical trumpet of Chet Baker” but most people just call it Chet. Riverside RLP 12-299 (mono) and RLP 1135 (stereo).

He’s joined here by Pepper Adams, Paul Chambers, Herbie Mann, Bill Evans, and Philly Joe Jones / Connie Kay splitting drums duty, plus Kenny Burrell on two tracks. The liner notes (by Orrin Keepnews) say “Pianist Bill Evans . . . is just beginning to attract real public attention, but has for some time been the object of extreme praise from fellow musicians.”

My copy is a 2021 reissue by Craft Recordings (CR 00359) pressed at RTI with lacquers cut by Kevin Grey – via Beatnick Records in Montreal QC – which sounds fantastic.

#1950s #1959 #BeatnickRecords #BillEvans #ChetBaker #ConnieKay #craftRecordings #HerbieMann #jazz #KennyBurrell #MontrealQC #PaulChambers #PepperAdams #PhillyJoeJones #Riverside #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds