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Pepper Adams

real name Park Adams III

baritone saxophonist

Highland Park, United States · 1930-10-08 – 1986-09-10

Pepper Adams is credited on 1,982 releases across 374 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,982

Credits

374

Albums

8

Decades active

315

In collections

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American jazz baritone saxophonist
Born October 8, 1930, Highland Park, Michigan, died September 10, 1986, Brooklyn, New York City, New York (lung cancer)
Worked with artists such as Donald Byrd (with whom he co-led a quintet, 1958-61), Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus, Thad Jones, and Mel Lewis.

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Credited work

1,982 releases · 374 albums · active 1956–2025

  • Performance · 2,631
  • Other credits · 30
  • Production · 3

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Atlantic Studios · A&R Studios

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