Encounter!

Encounter! is an album led by saxophonist Pepper Adams which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.[1][2]

For the video game sometimes referred to as "Encounter!", see Encounter (video game).
Encounter!
Studio album by
Pepper Adams
Released1969
RecordedDecember 11–12, 1968
StudioNola Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length44:40
LabelPrestige
PR 7677
ProducerFred Norsworthy and Otto Gust
Pepper Adams chronology
Mean What You Say
(1966)		 Encounter!
(1969)		 Ephemera
(1973)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Baritonist Pepper Adams and tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims (who rarely performed together) make a surprisingly compatible team... The setting is more advanced than usual for Sims, who rises to the challenge".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that "Jones overdoes the bashing, and the uptempo pieces are a battle, but the horns don't falter at any point".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Pepper Adams except where noted.

  1. "Inanout" – 5:47
  2. "The Star-Crossed Lovers" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 3:54
  3. "Cindy's Tune" – 5:58
  4. "Serenity" (Joe Henderson) – 6:27
  5. "Elusive" (Thad Jones) – 7:15
  6. "I've Just Seen Her" (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) – 7:17
  7. "Punjab" (Henderson) – 4:05
  8. "Verdandi" (Tommy Flanagan) – 3:57

Personnel

References
  1. Prestige Records discography accessed May 24, 2013
  2. Encilopedia del Jazz: Pepper Adams accessed May 10, 2017
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 24, 2013
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 4. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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