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Chris Searle on Jazz: A dash of Pepper
CHRIS SEARLE recalls his first encounter with the rampant sounds of Pepper Adams

Pepper Adams and Jimmy Knepper
Pepper-Knepper Quintet
(American Jazz Classics)

I remember well the first time that I heard the rampant baritone saxophone of Pepper Adams.

It was a Saturday in the early ’70s when I used to do an afternoon cruise up Charing Cross Road.

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