Pepper Adams on his decision to play baritone saxophone.

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Pepper Adams discusses working as a session musician.

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Pepper Adams discusses his circle of friends in the New York music scene.

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Q: “With whom did you start to work?”

A: “Well, let's see. I had a ... there were some friends, people who were established in New York that I had known when they had been through Detroit or whom I had met earlier. Oscar Pedderford was one of the people who was most helpful to me when I first moved to New York. One great thing ever, jam sessions every Friday night at a loft in the East 23rd Street and Pedderford had a spare bass, which he kept there and it was like the invitation only, a very high-quality jam session. I don't know if they even exist anymore.”