California Cookin'

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California Cookin'
California Cookin' LP.jpg
Live album by
Released1991
RecordedMarch 26, 1983
Venue Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
Genre Jazz
Length50:29
Label Interplay IP 8608
Producer Fred Norsworthy
Pepper Adams chronology
Urban Dreams
(1981)
California Cookin'
(1991)
Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session
(1983)

California Cookin', is a live album by baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams that was recorded in California in 1983 and originally released on the Interplay label in 1991. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Pepper Adams except where noted

  1. "Valse Celtique" – 13:31
  2. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 9:57
  3. "Last Resort" (Victor Feldman) – 7:01
  4. "Now in Our Lives" – 10:27
  5. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 9:33
  6. "Doctor Deep"

Personnel

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References

  1. Pepper Adams Catalog accessed May 9, 2017
  2. Interplay Records discography accessed May 9, 2017
  3. Encilopedia del Jazz: Pepper Adams accessed May 10, 2017