Radio de Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams (born Park Adams III on October 8, 1930 in Highland Park, Michigan - died on September 10, 1986 in Brooklyn, New York), was a jazz baritone saxophonist, who is widely considered one of the most significant and influential baritone saxophonists in jazz. Nicknamed "The Knife" for his sound on the horn, his hearty tone and driving rhythmic sense provided the antithesis to the lighter, floating (and consequently more popular) styles of his contemporary Gerry Mulligan. Adams' family moved to Rochester, New York when he was young and in that city he began his musical efforts. Then when he was sixteen a move back to Detroit, Michigan, near where he had been born, would be more important to his career. In Detroit he met several musicians who would later be important to his career, including trumpeter Donald Byrd. Adams now became interested in Wardell Gray's approach to the baritone saxophone, later saying that Gray and Harry Carney were his baritone influences. He also spent time in a United States Army band and briefly had a tour of duty in Korea.[1]