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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]

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 accessed February 9, 2015
  2. ^ Carner, G., Pepper Adams' Joy Road: An Annotated Discography, Rowman & Littlefield, 2012, p. 154
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, February 9, 2015
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 4. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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