Internationally-acclaimed master saxophonists team up to present all of the music from the 1968 Pepper Adams & Zoot Sims album, "Encounter!," a rare studio pairing of the two jazz icons! Featuring Theron Brown, Dave Morgan, Zaire Darden.
Legendary jazz saxophonists, Ken Peplowski (tenor sax), and Gary Smulyan (baritone sax), have always loved the 1968 Pepper Adams/Zoot Sims record, “Encounter!,” on Prestige Records, featuring Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter, and Elvin Jones. “It contains some of the most heated, interesting playing by both Zoot and Pepper and it’s a bit of a one-off by them, especially Zoot, who usually did more “inside” recordings,” says Peplowski.
After a conversation between Peplowski & Smulyan where they discovered their mutual admiration of this album, the two decided to play all the music from this project in their own way, with the addition of some of their own songs into the mix – along with tunes by Thad Jones, Duke Ellington, Joe Henderson, Tommy Flanagan, Lee Adams, Charles Strouse, and more from Zoot Sims & Pepper Adams – for a very special and not-to-be-missed program right here at BLU Jazz+! Joining the band are the incredible talents of Ohio’s very own Theron Brown (piano), Dave Morgan (bass), and Zaire Darden (drums).
Peplowski & Smulyan, whom have collectively performed with the likes of jazz luminaries Ray Charles, Chet Baker, Clark Terry, Mel Torme, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Byrd, Peggy Lee, Dizzy Gillespie, George Shearing, Stan Getz, Madonna, Hank Jones, Chick Corea, Rosemary Clooney, Tito Puente, Tom Harrell, James Moody, Cedar Walton, Steve Allen, Bill Charlap, Woody Allen, B.B. King, & Diana Ross (to name a few) swing into Akron for a one-night-only concert event!
Get your tickets today for these exciting and hard-swinging shows featuring two jazz titans of the saxophone!