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

Mean What You Say
Mean What You Say
Studio album by Thad Jones/Pepper Adams Quintet
Released	1966
Recorded	April 26 and May 4 & 9, 1966
Studio	Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:41
Label	Milestone; MSP 9001
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Thad Jones chronology
Pepper Adams chronology

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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

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.

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

Personnel

References

^ Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians: Adams, Pepper Archived 2015-03-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 9, 2015
^ Carner, G., Pepper Adams' Joy Road: An Annotated Discography, Rowman & Littlefield, 2012, p. 154
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, February 9, 2015
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 4. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 800. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[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

[Allmusic-3] Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, February 9, 2015

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 4. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 800. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Duke Pearson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Profile (1959) Tender Feelin's (1959) Angel Eyes (1961–62) Dedication! (1961) Hush! (1962) Wahoo! (1964) Honeybuns (1965) Prairie Dog (1966) Sweet Honey Bee (1966) The Right Touch (1967) Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band (1967–68) I Don't Care Who Knows It (1968–70) Now Hear This (1968) The Phantom (1968) How Insensitive (1969) Merry Ole Soul (1969) It Could Only Happen with You (1970)
With Donald Byrd	Fuego (1959) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Byrd in Flight (1960) The Cat Walk (1961) A New Perspective (1963) Fancy Free (1969) Kofi (1969–70) Electric Byrd (1970)
With others	Little Johnny C (Johnny Coles, 1963) Idle Moments (Grant Green, 1963) The Kicker (Bobby Hutcherson, 1963) Mean What You Say (Thad Jones and Pepper Adams, 1966)
Arranger only	I'm Tryin' to Get Home (for Donald Byrd]], 1964) Lush Life (for Lou Donaldson, 1967) Am I Blue (for Grant Green, 1963) Boss Horn (for Blue Mitchell, 1966) Heads Up! (for Blue Mitchell, 1968) A Slice of the Top (for Hank Mobley, 1966) Standards (for Lee Morgan, 1967) Rough 'n' Tumble (for Stanley Turrentine, 1966) A Bluish Bag (for Stanley Turrentine, 1967) The Return of the Prodigal Son (for Stanley Turrentine, 1967) The Look of Love (for Stanley Turrentine, 1968)