Pepper Adams, Baritone Sax, “Once Around“, Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, Jazz Festival, Montreux 1974

Park “Pepper“ Adams III, Baritone Sax solo starts at 2:42 min. Already in the late-1950s, Stan Kenton had an appropriate nickname for the baritone beast: “The Knife.“ Pepper Adams and Nick Brignola were indisputably, unquestionably the two greatest bari sax players ever. No other baritonist has ever come close. (Frank Basile, keep practicing) Pepper Adams did his best work in the 1970-1980 period. Recommeded Pepper Adams albums/CDs from this decade: “Ephemera“, “Reflectory“, “Be Bop?“ [with