Mean What You Say (Thad Jones/Pepper Adams Quintet album)

Mean What You Say
Studio album by Thad Jones/Pepper Adams Quintet
Released 1966
Recorded April 26 and May 4 & 9, 1966
Studio Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 40:41
Label Milestone
MSP 9001
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Thad Jones chronology
Opening Night
(1966)Opening Night1966		 Mean What You Say
(1966)		 Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra
(1966)Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra1966
Pepper Adams chronology
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus
(1963) Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus1963		 Mean What You Say
(1966) Mean What You Say1966		 Encounter!
(1968) Encounter!1968

Mean What You Say is an album by the Thad Jones/Pepper Adams Quintet recorded in 1966 and released on the Milestone label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic called the band a "high-quality hard bop unit" and stated "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".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Thad Jones except where noted.

  1. "Mean What You Say" – 4:36
  2. "H and T Blues" – 7:42
  3. "Wives and Lovers" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 4:55
  4. "Bossa Nova Ova" – 3:23
  5. "No Refill" – 4:38
  6. "Little Waltz" (Ron Carter) – 6:30
  7. "Chant" (Duke Pearson) – 5:20
  8. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:06

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians: Adams, Pepper accessed February 9, 2015
  2. ↑ Carner, G., Pepper Adams' Joy Road: An Annotated Discography, Rowman & Littlefield, 2012, p. 154
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, February 9, 2015
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 4. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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