Jazz
Recorded at Nola Sound Studios, New York, New York on December 11 & 12, 1968
Pepper Adams - Brass, Sax (Baritone)
Elvin Jones - Drums
Ron Carter - Bass
Tommy Flanagan - Piano
Zoot Sims - Sax (Tenor)
* Don Schlitten - Design, Photography
* Ira Gitler - Liner Notes
* Phil DeLancie - Remastering
* Tommy Nola - Engineer
Baritonist Pepper Adams and tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims (who rarely performed together) make a surprisingly compatible team on this CD reissue of a 1968 Prestige session. With pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Elvin Jones forming a fairly adventurous rhythm section, Pepper and Sims sound inspired on material that includes obscurities by Flanagan, Thad Jones and Adams in addition to the Ellington-Strayhorn ballad "Star-Crossed Lovers" and a pair of Joe Henderson songs. The setting is more advanced than usual for Sims, who rises to the challenge.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
