Missing Recordings, 1966-1977

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As promised, here’s some additional missing Pepper Adams radio, television,

and audience recordings that have as yet not turned up anywhere. If you have

any information about these gems, please reply below.

Mar 18, 1966: New York: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra gig at Hunter

College’s Assembly Hall, broadcast on WABC Radio. The band plays pieces

from their young repertoire, plus compositions written by Johnny Richards and
Oliver Nelson. Billy Taylor functions as emcee.

1967: New York: David Amram soundtrack for the documentary film “We Are

Young.”

1967: New York: Joe Henderson Big Band rehearsals at Upsurge Studios.

Jan 26, 1967: Philadelphia: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra TV broadcast on the

Mike Douglas Show. For personnel, see 4-6 May, 1966; Roger DeLillo replaces
Jimmy Nottingham, Richard Williams replaces Jimmy Owens, Marvin Stamm
replaces Bill Berry, Tom McIntosh replaces Garnett Brown, Roland Hanna replaces
Hank Jones, Bill Crow replaces Richard Davis.

Apr 27, 1967: New York: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra live date at the Village
Vanguard for Solid State. Personnel: Thad Jones cornet; Snooky Young, Bill Berry,
Jimmy Nottingham, Richard Williams, Marvin Stamm tp; Bob Brookmeyer, Tom
McIntosh, Garnett Brown tb; Cliff Heather btb; Jerome Richardson as, ss, cl, fl;
Jerry Dodgion as fl, Eddie Daniels ts, cl; Pepper Adams bs, cl; Roland Hanna p;
Sam Herman g, shaker; Richard Davis b; Mel Lewis dm.

May 16, 1967: New York: Duke Pearson Big Band gig, sponsored by WLIB Radio.

Aug 19, 1967: New York: Lou Rawls date at the Rheingold Festival in Central Park.

Sept 2, 1967: Baltimore: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra gig, probably for the Left Bank

Jazz Society.

cJan, 1968: New York: David Amram soundtrack for the documentary film U.S.

Oct 1, 1968: Toronto: Recording at Eastern Sound Studio for Norman, Craig and Kummel.

Dec 11, 1968: New York: Alternate tracks to Encounter, his twelfth date as a leader, with Zoot

Sims, Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter and Elvin Jones, independently produced by Fred

Norsworthy but eventually sold to Prestige.

Feb 15, 1969: Greenville SC: Adams plays with the Furman University Pep Band at the

Furman-Davidson football game, televised on the Southern Conference Network.

Feb 21 and 28, 1969: Greenville SC: Atlantic  dates for Ernie Royal.

May 28, 1969: New York: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra date for Solid State.

June 30, 1969: New York: David Amram movie date (The Arrangement). 

Aug 25, 1969: London: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra gig at Ronnie Scott’s. Personnel:

Thad Jones flh, cornet; Snooky Young, Al Porcino, Danny Moore, Richard Williams tp; Eddie

Bert, Ashley Fennell, Jimmy Knepper tb; Cliff Heather btb; Jerome Richardson, Jerry Dodgion

as, ss, cl, fl; Eddie Daniels ts, cl; Joe Henderson ts; Pepper Adams bs, cl; Roland Hanna p;

Richard Davis b; Mel Lewis dm. BBC Radio broadcasts at least one evening. 

Sept 1, 1969: Birmingham: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra gig at the Opposite Lock, broadcast

by the BBC. Personnel: Thad Jones flh, cornet; Snooky Young, Al Porcino, Danny Moore,

Richard Williams tp; Eddie Bert, Ashley Fennell, Jimmy Knepper tb; Cliff Heather btb;

Jerome Richardson, Jerry Dodgion as, ss, cl, fl; Eddie Daniels ts, cl; Joe Henderson ts;

Pepper Adams bs, cl; Roland Hanna p; Richard Davis b; Mel Lewis dm.

Sept 5, 1969: Stuttgart: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra gig at Beethoven Saal’s

Stuttgarter Liederhalle, broadcast by SDR-TV.

Sept 7, 1969: Cologne: Additional tracks to Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra’s WDR broadcast

from Sartory-Festsaal. 

Sept 8, 1969: Paris: Additional tracks to Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra’s ORTF TV

broadcast from Maison de l’ORTF. 

Sept 12, 1969: Frankfurt: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra’s HR broadcast from Jahrhunderthalle.

Sept 26, 1969: Englewood Cliffs NJ, Unissued Elvin Jones tracks for Blue Note, with

George Coleman, Joe Farrell, Wilbur Little, et al.

Dec 16 and 17, 1969, Copenhagen: Danish Radio broadcasts from the Montmartre

Jazzhus, with Pepper Adams bs; Ole Matthiessen p; Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson

b; Ole Streenberg dm.

June 28, 1970: Baltimore: Thad Jones-Pepper Adams Quintet gig at the Famous Ballroom, with

the rhythm section of Roland Hanna, Sam Jones and Mel Lewis, sponsored by the Left Bank

Jazz Society. 

Mar 14, 1971: Chicago: Gig opposite Sonny Stit at the North Park Apartment Hotel.

Mar 15-20, 1971: Chicago: Possible gig at North Park Apartment Hotel. See 14 Mar.

Mar 21, 1971: Chicago: Gig opposite Bill Evans at the North Park Apartment Hotel.

cMar 25, 1972: London: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at Ronnie Scott’s, broadcast by BBC TV.

May 12-13, 1972: Chicago: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, possibly at the Jazz Showcase.

June 18, 1972: Asbury Park NJ: Additional tracks to Thad Jones septet WRLB broadcast from the Metropolitan Hotel, with Billy Campbell, Jerry Dodgion, Roland Hanna, Richard Davis, Mel Lewis, and Dee Dee Bridgewater added.

Sept 24-25, 1972: Edmonton, Canada: Gig at the University of Alberta’s Student Union (Room at the Top) broadcast on CKUA radio, with the rhythm section of Tommy Banks, Bob Cairns and Tom Doran.

Apr 22, 1973: Baltimore: Duke Pearson Orchestra at Famous Door, sponsored by the Left Bank Jazz Society, with Jerry Dodgion, Richie Cole, Frank Foster, Bob Cranshaw, Harold White, et al.

May 4, 1973: New York: David Amram at Horn and Hardart, with Charlie Chin, Gene Perla and Elvin Jones, broadcast on Channel 11 (Westinghouse Network). 

July 22, 1973: Baltimore: Thad Jones-Pepper Adams Quintet, sponsored by Left Bank Jazz Society, with Roland Hanna, George Mraz and Mel Lewis.

Aug 16: Copenhagen: Gig at Montmartre with Kenny Drew, Mats Vinding and Ed Thigpen, broadcast by Danish Radio.

Dec 9, 1973: Baltimore: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Famous Door, sponsored by the Left Bank Jazz Society.

Dec 16, 1973: Chicago: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Jazz Showcase cancelled due 

Dec 17, 1973: Chicago: Rescheduled 16 December Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra gig, at the Jazz Showcase cancelled due to weather.

1974: New York: Don Palmer’s private recordings of music for saxophone quartet, with Palmer and Richie Kamuca (as), Lee Konitz (ts) and Adams.

Feb 26, 1974: Tokyo: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra television gig and FM Tokyo radio broadcast.

cMar 11: Tokyo: Sadao Watanabe FM-Tokyo radio broadcast with Roland Hanna. Later, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra gig.

Mar 12-13: Tokyo: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, recorded by Denon, with Cecil Bridgewater, Jimmy Knepper, Quentin Jackson, Jerry Dodgion, Roland Hanna, George Mraz, et al.

Mar 28-31, 1974: Chicago: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Jazz Showcase.

May 6, 1974: New York: David Amram gig at New York University’s Loeb Student Center.

May 24 or 25, 1974: West Paterson NJ: Gig at Three Sisters with Zoot Sims and possibly Jimmy Rowles.

June 2, 1974: New York: WBAI radio interview with Larry Davis.

June 29, 1974: Bussum, Netherlands: Two rehearsals, then Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra AVRO radio/television broadcast from Theater Het Spant.

July 5, 1974: Montreux: Adams arrives from Barcelona, then Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Congress Hall, broadcast by RTSR Radio.

July 12, 1974: Copenhagen: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at Montmartre.

July 18, 1974: Munich: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Domicile, broadcast on BR radio.

July 28, 1974: Todi, Italy: Thad Jones gig, with Jerry Dodgion, Walter Norris, George Mraz and Mel Lewis, at the Umbria Jazz Festival, broadcast on RAI radio.

July 29, 1974: Perugia, Italy: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Umbria Jazz Festival, broadcast on RAI radio.

Nov 9, 1974: Rochester NY: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Top of the Plaza, broadcast by PBS on the program “Live From the Top.”

Jan 30, 1975: Los Angeles: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis television broadcast.

Aug 26, 1975: Helsinki: More tracks from Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at Hotel Hesperia, broadcast by YLE radio.

Aug 29, 1975: Sodertalje, Sweden: More tracks from Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at Estrad Concert Hall, broadcast by Swedish Radio.

Aug 30, 1975: Holbaek, Denmark: More tracks from Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at Vaerkstedt, broadcast by Danish Radio. Lodging at Hotell Holmia in Stockholm.

Sept 2: Copenhagen: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra outdoor gig at Grabrodretorv, broadcast on DR TV.

Sept 9, 1975: Munich: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Domicile, broadcast by BR radio.

c16 Sept, 1975: Munich: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Domicile. At least one night is broadcast by BR.

Sept 28, 1975: Baltimore: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Famous Ballroom, sponsored by the Left Bank Jazz Society. 

Oct 26, 1975: Tokyo: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra daytime studio performance for Denon at Yubin-Chyokin Hall. 

Nov 2, 1975: Tokyo: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra daytime studio performance for Denon. 

Nov 28-30, 1975: Chicago: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra gig at the Jazz Showcase.

cMar 2-8, 1976: Chicago: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Jazz Showcase.

cMar 28, 1976: Frankfurt: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra HR radio broadcast.

May 5-9, 1976: Chicago: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Jazz Showcase, with Mike Wolff on piano.

June 18, 1976: Rotterdam: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the De Doelen Concert Hall, broadcast on NOS radio from the International NOS Jazz Festival.

July 16, 1976: The Hague: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra RAI radio broadcast.

July 19, 1976: Verona: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra RAI radio broadcast at the Teatro Romano.

July 22, 1976: Juan-les-Pins, France: Additonal tracks from the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Antibes Jazz Festival, broadcast by Radio France.

July 24, 1976: Sitges, Spain: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra TVE television broadcast.

July 26-31, 1976: Munich: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Domicile. Part of the engagement was broadcast on SWF radio. 

Sept 13, 1976: Passau, Germany: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra BR radio broadcast.

Sept 15, 1976: Stuttgart: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Muzikpodium, broadcast on SDR radio.

Sept 16, 1976: Waldshut, Germany: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra SDR radio broadcast.

Sept 19, 1976: Frankfurt: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra HR radio broadcast.

Sept 23-24, 1976: Copenhagen: Additional tracks from Thad Jones-Pepper Adams Quintet at Montmartre, with Kenny Drew, et al., broadcast by Danish Radio.

cNov: Cleveland: Additional tracks from Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra radio broadcast from at the Agora Ballroom.

cNov 4: Philadelphia: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra radio broadcast from the Academy of Music.

Feb 18, 1977: Lauwe, Belgium: Gig at Germana with Tony Bauwens Trio.

Feb 21, 1977: Knokke, Belgium: Gig at New Dixieland with Tony Bauwens Trio.

Feb 24: Genk, Belgium: Gig at Queen of the South with Tony Bauwens Trio.

Feb 28, 1977: Anderlecht, Belgium: Additional tracks from Adams gig at Witte Hoed with Tony Bauwens Trio, broadcast on BRT Radio.

Apr 8-10, 1977: Chicago: Vi Redd gig at the Jazz Showcase, with Curtis Fuller and the rhythm section of Stu Katz, Eddie DeHaas and Wilbur Campbell. 

Apr 11-14, 1977: Chicago: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Jazz Showcase.

July 13-15, 1977: Nice: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at La Grande Parade du Jazz, broadcast by Radio France. 

July 17, 1977: Nice: Thad Jones Sextet gig at La Grande Parade du Jazz.

Aug 11, 1977: Copenhagen: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at Montmartre. 

Aug 16, 1977: Oslo: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at Club 7.