Thad Jones, Pepper Adams Quintet - Mean What You Say (1966) 320 kbps

Tracklist

1 Mean What You Say 4:33
2 H And T Blues 7:37
3 Wives And Lovers 4:50
4 Bossa Nova Ova 3:17
5 No Refill 4:34
6 Little Waltz 6:25
7 Chant 5:12
8 Yes, Sir, That's My Baby 4:07

personnel :

Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Mel Lewis
Flugelhorn – Thad Jones
Piano – Duke Pearson

A classic set recorded for Milestone and reissued under the OJC imprint, this date is co-led by Thad Jones (heard throughout on flügelhorn) and baritonist Pepper Adams; pianist Duke Pearson, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Mel Lewis complete the band. The high-quality hard bop unit performs four of Jones' originals, a song apiece by Carter and Pearson, and Burt Bacharach's "Wives and Lovers" and "Yes Sir, That's My Baby." 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.~Scott Yanow