Encounter!

by Pepper Adams

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	06/11/1996
Label:	Original Jazz Classics / Ojc
UPC:	0025218689229
Rank:	89247

Tracks

1. Inanout
2. The Star-Crossed Lovers
3. Cindy's Tune
4. Serenity
5. Elusive
6. I've Just Seen Her
7. Punjab
8. Verdandi

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Pepper Adams   Primary Artist,Brass,Sax (Baritone)
Elvin Jones   Guest Artist,Drums
Ron Carter   Guest Artist,Bass
Tommy Flanagan   Guest Artist,Piano
Zoot Sims   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

Fred Norsworthy   Producer
Gust   Producer
Pepper Adams   Composer
Billy Strayhorn   Composer
Tommy Flanagan   Composer
Tommy Nola   Engineer
Don Schlitten   Design,Photography
Charles Strouse   Composer
John Coltrane   Composer
Joe Henderson   Composer
Thad Jones   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Phil DeLancie   Remastering
Lee Adams   Composer
Ira Gitler   Liner Notes