Mean What You Say (Thad Jones/Pepper Adams Quintet album)

Mean What You Say is an album by the Thad Jones/Pepper Adams Quintet recorded in 1966 and released on the Milestone label.[1][2]

Mean What You Say
Studio album by
Thad Jones/Pepper Adams Quintet
Released1966
RecordedApril 26 and May 4 & 9, 1966
StudioPlaza Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length40:41
LabelMilestone
MSP 9001
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Thad Jones chronology
Opening Night
(1966)		 Mean What You Say
(1966)		 Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra
(1966)
Pepper Adams chronology
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus
(1963)		 Mean What You Say
(1966)		 Encounter!
(1968)

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

Scott Yanow of Allmusic called the band a "high-quality hard bop unit" and stated "Jones and Adams always made for a potent team, but the rise of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra meant that this particular quintet only lasted a short time".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Thad Jones except where noted.

  1. "Mean What You Say" – 4:36
  2. "H and T Blues" – 7:42
  3. "Wives and Lovers" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 4:55
  4. "Bossa Nova Ova" – 3:23
  5. "No Refill" – 4:38
  6. "Little Waltz" (Ron Carter) – 6:30
  7. "Chant" (Duke Pearson) – 5:20
  8. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:06

Personnel

References
  1. Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians: Adams, Pepper Archived 2015-03-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 9, 2015
  2. Carner, G., Pepper Adams' Joy Road: An Annotated Discography, Rowman & Littlefield, 2012, p. 154
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, February 9, 2015
  4. 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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