Baritone Madness
1978 debut album by Nick Brignola Sextet featuring Pepper Adams
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Studio album by Nick Brignola Sextet featuring Pepper Adams | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | December 22, 1977 | |||
Studio | Blue Rock Studio, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Bee Hive BH 7000 | |||
Producer | Jim Neumann | |||
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Baritone Madness, is the debut album by baritone saxophonist Nick Brignola's Sextet featuring Pepper Adams which was recorded in late 1977 becoming the first release on the Bee Hive label.[1][2]
Reception
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Allmusic writer Scott Yanow states "This album lives up to its title. ... It is obvious from the song titles that this is very much a bebop jam session date, and quite a few sparks do fly.".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Charlie Parker except where noted.
- "Donna Lee" – 9:33
- "Billie's Bounce" – 11:15
- "Marmeduke" – 11:30
- "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) – 7:01
- "Alone Together" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 6:57
Personnel
- Nick Brignola (tracks 1–4), Pepper Adams (tracks 1–3) – baritone saxophone
- Ted Curson – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 2 & 3)
- Derek Smith – piano
- Dave Holland – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
References
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- Baritones and French Horns/Dakar (1957)
- Critics' Choice (1957)
- Pepper Adams Quintet (1957)
- The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (1957)
- The Pepper-Knepper Quintet (1958)
- Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963)
- Mean What You Say (1966)
- Encounter! (1968)
- Ephemera (1973)
- Julian (1975)
- Twelfth & Pingree (1975)
- Baritone Madness (1977)
- Reflectory (1978)
- Be-Bop?
- The Master (1980)
- Urban Dreams (1981)
- California Cookin' (1983)
- Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (1983)
- Generations (1985)
- The Adams Effect (1985)
- 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958)
- Off to the Races (1959)
- Byrd in Hand (1959)
- At the Half Note Cafe (1960)
- Motor City Scene (1960)
- Out of This World (1961)
- Chant (1961)
- The Cat Walk (1961)
- Royal Flush (1961)
- The Creeper (1967)