Pre-Christmas Doings
Gosh, the year is soon coming to an end, something I think everyoneis eager to see. I've ben busy acclimating to the dry, high-altitude climate of Utah. It's quite beautiful and rugged here, but I'm...
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Blowin' Hot and Cool
© Gary Carner. Copyright Protected. All rights reserved.Happy New Year everybody! We made it through 2020. A few days ago, on New Year’s Eve, I sent my final draft of the first part of the Adams bio...
View ArticleReflectory due in September
The improved hi-def version of Pete Lukas’s Reflectory book cover has been finished and it looks great. Other last-minute details are shaping up before publication of my 400-page Adams biography. I’ve...
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Homestretch
I’m in the homestretch before beginning to format the eBook. I only have two more readers remaining. The esteemed Brian Priestley just sent me about forty corrections regarding my second half of the...
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Audiobook Anyone?
After a year of pleading, I finally acquired five tunes from Adams’s November 16, 1985 gig from the Bassment (yes, that’s the correct spelling) in Saskatoon, Canada. Already deep into his cancer,...
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Pepper Doings, April 2021
Before signing off on Chapter Three, my account of Adams’s experience in the US Army, I decided to send my final draft to a reader for his feedback. Although this is one of my shortest chapters, I...
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Additions to Pepper's Biography
In terms of moving ahead with Adams’s biography, May was quite a productive month and June has started with a bang. The three most important things that occurred were author Mark Stryker reviewing and...
View ArticlePepper Adams with the Tommy Banks Trio
Here’s my original draft for liner notes to Pepper Adams with the Tommy Banks Trio: Live at Room at the Top, Reel to Reel’s forthcoming release. That cat was something else on that horn! –COLEMAN...
View Article60 Days to Publication
This past month has seen steady progress toward the publication of Reflectory: The Life and Music of Pepper Adams. First, I’ve re-edited for the last time before its September release Chapters 8-12....
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Pepper Adams Biography is Finished!
I’m thrilled to report that the Pepper Adams biography is now officially done! It’s quite a moment for me, after37 years of work and a particularly grueling stretchthe last four years. I just spent...
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Awaiting Publication
I'm not sure what's holding up the release of Reflectory, but I just sent an email to Lulu, my publisher, asking for an update. Since submitting the manuscript three weeks ago, I’ve found it...
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Adams Biography Now Available
Reflectory has been available for a month at this site: https://www.pepperadams.com/Reflectory/index.html. I want to thank those of you who were the first to purchase my 37-year labor of love. I...
View ArticlePepper Adams Doings
It’s been a while since I posted here. I’ve been dealing with some health issues that kept me away, but now, thankfully, I’m doing better and on the rebound. Since December, I’ve conducted two Zoom...
View ArticleFebruary Doings
February was a productive month, even though the great bulk of my Adams work is now completed. First, pepperadams.com continues to grow as an amazing research and performance tool. The transcription...
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Reflectory Updates
I’m sorry I missed last month’s posting. I was working round the clock to get a new ebook draft completed and got completely caught up with it that weekend. Then it turned out I couldn’t post it...
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Paperback Edition
Not a post since May? Gosh, where did the time go? I hope everyone had a great summer. I’ve been caught up getting the paperback edition of Reflectory ready for publication, plus satisfying my...
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October Doings
Instead of writing the blog post last weekend, I spent much of my time preparing documents for SUNY Press for the forthcoming paperback edition of the Pepper Adams biography. The publisher required a...
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Kind Words about Reflectory
A few days ago I received a wonderful Facebook message from Tony Wolton regarding Reflectory:I'm going through the book for a second time, a must have item not just for lovers of Pepper Adams and his...
View ArticleUpdate on Pepperback Edition
I hope everyone stateside had a terrific Thanksgiving and start to the holiday season. I’ve been busy packing because I have to move to a new place by May 31. So far, only one papercut.Yesterday I...
View ArticlePaperback Almost Done
Happy New Year! 2022 was a tough year healthwise for me, dealing with C0V!D and its aftermath. So, I am happy to turn the page.Despite the inconvenience, I managed to abridge Reflectory: The Life and...
View ArticlePepper Adams Paperback and Zoom Panel
I’m thrilled to report that my paperback version of Reflectory,entitled Pepper Adams: Saxophone Trailblazer, is now submitted in final form to Excelsior Editions. It took about two solid weeks of...
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March and April Madness
March slipped away without a blog post and this one is late. I had started a new day job in late February that was a distraction, and now I’m involved in a move. Packing is no fun at any age, but...
View ArticleUpdates to PepperAdams.com
I learned recently that Claudette Adams, Pepper’s widow, has passed away. Excerent Music, Pepper’s publishing company, is likely now being overseen by Dylan Hill, her son and Pepper's stepson.I’ve...
View ArticleQuick Takes
I hope everyone is having an enjoyable beginning to the summer. Recently, new chronology links were posted at https://www.pepperadams.com/,updating both Adams’s life while affiliated with Thad Jones,...
View ArticlePepper Adams: Saxophone Trailblazer
I’m eagerly awaiting the release of Pepper Adams: Saxophone Trailblazer. The ship date is September 1. It’s the abridged version of Reflectory: The Life and Music of Pepper Adams, the ebookthat I...
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