Dale Fielder at The World Stage

DONALD BYRD/PEPPER ADAMS QUINTET PROJECT
DALE FIELDER TRIBUTE QUINTET
Dale Fielder - baritone sax
Nolan Shaheed - trumpet
Jane Getz - piano
Trevor Ware - bass
Don Littleton - drums


The Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Quintet of 1958-1961 was one of the great unsung groups in jazz history. Over shadowed by a golden age of great jazz groups, they were a favorite of musicians and fans alike. Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams were each a product of the fertile Detroit jazz scene of the late 1940s and early 1950s. They were the right musicians at the right time when they arrived in New York in the mid fifties, particularly in the rapidly expanding realm of jazz recording that was spurred by the new 12-inch, 33 1/3 rpm long-playing record...

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DONALD BYRD/PEPPER ADAMS QUINTET PROJECT
DALE FIELDER TRIBUTE QUINTET
Dale Fielder - baritone sax
Nolan Shaheed - trumpet
Jane Getz - piano
Trevor Ware - bass
Don Littleton - drums


The Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Quintet of 1958-1961 was one of the great unsung groups in jazz history. Over shadowed by a golden age of great jazz groups, they were a favorite of musicians and fans alike. Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams were each a product of the fertile Detroit jazz scene of the late 1940s and early 1950s. They were the right musicians at the right time when they arrived in New York in the mid fifties, particularly in the rapidly expanding realm of jazz recording that was spurred by the new 12-inch, 33 1/3 rpm long-playing record. They were each in demand and heard frequently on numerous historical recordings that influenced the next generation of jazz trumpeters and saxophonists. Finally in 1958, they decided to consolidate their partnership by co-leading a jazz quintet and began touring the country non-stop for the next three years as well as documenting their partnership on recordings. They recorded a number of timeless jazz albums and contributed a number of new jazz standards to the jazz canon as well as discovering and introducing to the world two great pianist/composers: the great Herbie Hancock and Duke Pearson. This evening, the Dale Fielder Tribute Quintet reprises compositions and arrangements that the Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Quintet performed.

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