COMPLETE WORKS OF PEPPER ADAMS
The following tunes will be released on a physical CD and as a digital sampler by Motema Records in August.These tunes, intended for radio play, are taken from the Complete Works of Pepper Adams,...
View ArticleLYRICS TO PEPPER BALLADS
Here are four lyrics, written by the esteemed poet Barry Wallenstein, that he wrote for Pepper's Julian, Urban Dreams, Lovers of Their Time, and Civilization and Its Discontents. These and three...
View ArticleGARY SMULYAN WITH THE YORKSHIRE JAZZ ORCHESTRA
As part of the International Celebration of Pepper Adams that's taking place from August-November, 2012 in the United States, Canada, and England, baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan will be performing...
View ArticleVery Rare Tommy Flanagan, Korea 1953
In Pepper Adams' archives is a very rare tape, just transferred to CD. On Easter Sunday (5 April) 1953, presumably at Base K-8 near Kunsan, Korea, Tommy Flangan's trio with altoist Jerry Lehmeier,...
View ArticleComplete Works of Pepper Adams Sampler
The first review of the Joy Road Sampler is in from Critical Jazz:http://www.criticaljazz.com/2012/08/pepper-adams-joy-road-sampler-motema.html"A typical review doesn't work here. This is a release of...
View ArticleArticle 9
It's been several months since I updated you on my Pepper Adams work. First, the great news is my Pepper Adams book is being reissued in paperback. That's very gratifying because it will be affordable...
View ArticleThe Complete Pepper Adams, Vol. 6
The first track, Bossallegro, has been mixed, for the upcoming Motema CD of Tony Faulkner arrangements. The performance is by the University of Illinois Concert Jazz Band, with faculty as soloists and...
View Article2013 Pepper Adams Tour
This Fall's four-week Pepper Adams tour is shaping up beautifully. The esteemed arranger Tony Faulkner arrives in Atlanta from the UK on October 25, and, after a few days of fun, we hit the road for...
View ArticleSixth CD
I'm very excited to let you know that I've recorded a fantastic new CD of big band charts of Pepper Adams compositions for Motema Music. This is the sixth CD in my series, and it's the first recording...
View ArticlePepper Adams Big Band CD Kickstarter Campaign
Does anyone know who's responsible for YouTube's Pepper Adams Channel? Contrary to popular belief, it isn't me! If that person would come forward, I'd like to post an announcement there about the...
View Article94%
I woke up this morning, as I have every morning for the last three weeks, hoping to see a Kickstarter pledge posted from somewhere east of here. With just a little more than seven days left in my...
View ArticleOne More Day
About 2 hours remain in the Kickstarter campaign to fund my new Pepper Adams CD. Just after I posted last week, much to my delight, I exceeded the $7,000 funding goal. Again, many thanks to the 100...
View ArticleOn the Road
I'm in coastal Maine, licking my wounds after the grueling Kickstarter campign to raise funds for the big band CD of Pepper Adams compositions. The funds settled on Sunday, 12 August--just about a...
View ArticleTony and Ernie
This past Thursday I drove into midtown Manhattan in the rain to get Tony and Ernie. British arranger Tony Faulkner and British percussionist Ernie Jackson were waiting for me at 2:30 outside their...
View ArticlePlayed Twice (Part One)
How many times do you come across a book so good you want to read it twice? That perhaps best describes my feeling about Peter Leitch's dazzling new memoir, Off the Books (Vehicule Press). It's simply...
View ArticlePlayed Twice (Part Two)
Before I resume my review of Peter Leitch's excellent memoir, Off the Books, I want to pause to remind Pepper Adams devotees that this Tuesday, September 10, marks the 27th anniversary of Pepper Adams'...
View ArticlePlayed Twice (Part Three)
Peter Leitch's great autobiography, Off the Books, concludes with a lengthy chapter about his time living in New York City. Leitch moved there from Toronto in 1982 and found it to be a liberating...
View Article2013 Pepper Adams Tour
Here's our upcoming concert and lecture schedule. We hope to see you on the road!T, 10/29: Cincinnati 8:30pm: Contemporary Jazz Orchestra performs Tony Faulkner charts, including the...
View ArticleToronto Art Orchestra
On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 9pm the Toronto Art Orchestra, featuring guest soloist Pat LaBarbera, will be performing at Array Music, 155 Walnut Avenue, Toronto. General admission tickets are $25....
View ArticleAltsys Tentet
On Friday, November 6, 2013 at 8pm the Altsys Tentet will be performing at L'espace 64, 64 Rue Prince, Montreal. The ensemble will be performing the Canadian premiere of Tony Faulkner's new tentet...
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