Thad Jones / Pepper Adams Quintet - Mean What You Say [Milestone MSP 9001] (1966)

Dynamic Range Released: 1966
Country: US
Label: Milestone
Catalog: MSP 9001
Genre: Jazz

Note: 1990 Remaster


T R A C K L I S T:
01 Mean What You Say
02 H And T Blues
03 Wives And Lovers
04 Bossa Nova Ova
05 No Refill
06 Little Waltz
07 Chant
08 Yes, Sir, That's My Baby




Mean What You Say
Thad Jones / Pepper Adams Quintet







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Album Review

Scott Yanow [allmusic.com]

A classic set recorded for Milestone and reissued under the OJC imprint, this date is co-led by Thad Jones (heard throughout on flugelhorn) 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.