1958 cFeb 25-28: New York: Adams gig begins at the Five Spot, with Donald Byrd, Bobby Timmons, Doug Watkins, and Elvin Jones, and runs through early Summer. Feb 25: New York: Thelonious Monk date for Riverside, with Donald Byrd, Johnny Griffin, Wilbur Ware, and Philly Joe Jones. Feb 25: New York: Johnny Griffin date for Riverside, with Donald Byrd, Kenny Drew, Wilbur Ware, and Philly Joe Jones. Mar 1-31: New York: Adams gig at the Five Spot continues, with Donald Byrd, Bobby Timmons, Doug Watkins, and Elvin Jones. cMar: New York: Gig with Don Friedman, Henry Grimes, and Elvin Jones at Larry Rivers' loft. Mar 22: New York: Don Friedman subs for Bobby Timmons at the Five Spot. Mar 25: New York: Pepper Adams-Jimmy Knepper date for Metrojazz, his fourth as a leader, with Wynton Kelly, Doug Watkins, and Elvin Jones. Apr 1-30: New York: Adams gig at the Five Spot continues, with Donald Byrd, Bobby Timmons, Doug Watkins, and Elvin Jones. Kenneth Rexroth performs a few weeks of poetry with the Quintet accompanying him. Apr 8: New York: Manny Albam date for Dot, with Donald Byrd, Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson, et al. Apr 12: New York: Manny Albam date for Dot, with Bob Brookmeyer, Osie Johnson, et al. Apr 15: New York: Live date at Five Spot for Riverside, his fifth as a leader, with Donald Byrd, Bobby Timmons, Doug Watkins, and Elvin Jones. Apr 24-25: New York: Manny Albam date for Dot, with Art Farmer, Bob Brookmeyer, Al Cohn, Milt Hinton Osie Johnson, et al. Apr 29: New York: Manny Albam date for Dot. May 1-31: New York: Adams gig at the Five Spot continues, with Donald Byrd, Bobby Timmons, Doug Watkins, and Elvin Jones, May 2: Hackensack NJ: Gene Ammons date for Prestige, with Idrees Sulieman, Doug Watkins, et al. May 5: New York: Billy Ver Planck date for World Wide, with Joe Wilder, Bill Harris, George Duvivier, et al. May 16: New York: Manny Albam date at Town Hall for Dot, with Al Cohn, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson, et al. June: New York: Adams gig at the Five Spot continues, with Donald Byrd, Bobby Timmons, Doug Watkins, and Elvin Jones. cJune: New York: Adams works with Dizzy Gillespie. cJuly: Rochester NY: Adms participates in Everett Gates' three day jazz clinic at the Eastman School of Music. Adams possibly plays the Pythodd Club during this trip. Aug 1: Great River NY: Adams gig at Great South Bay Festival, with Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, George Duvivier, and Elvin Jones. Aug 29: Hackensack NJ: Jerry Valentine date for Prestige, with Art Farmer, Idress Sulieman,Ray Bryant, Osie Johnson, et al. Oct 6: New York: Red-Whitey-Blue Mitchell date on Metrojazz, with Andre Previn, et al. Oct 15: Troy NY: Leaves New York for Benny Goodman tour beginning at RPI Field House. Oct 16: Burlington VT: Benny Goodman at Memorial Field House. Oct 17: Boston: Benny Goodman at Symphony Hall. Oct 18: Cranston RI: Benny Goodman at Rhodes Ballroom. Oct 19: Akron OH: Benny Goodman at Akron Armory. Oct 20: Columbus OH: Benny Goodman at Franklin County Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Oct 21: Off. Oct 22: Cedar Falls IA: Benny Goodman at Iowa State Teachers College Auditorium. Oct 23: Kansas City: Benny Goodman at Music Hall. Oct 24: Lincoln NE: Benny Goodman at Pershing Municipal Auditorium. Oct 25: Iowa City IA: Benny Goodman at Iowa Memorial Union. Oct 26: Off. Oct 27: Indianapolis IN: Open. Oct 28: Indianapolis IN: Open. Oct 29: Indianapolis IN: Benny Goodman at Indiana Theater. Adams plays after hours at the Missile Club with Wes Montgomery. Oct 30: Off. Oct 31: Chicago: Benny Goodman at Mundelein College Orchestra Hall. Nov 1: Off. Nov 2: Tulsa OK: Benny Goodman at Tulsa Municipal Theater. Nov 3: Stillwater OK: Benny Goodman at the Oklahoma State University Field House. Nov 4: Off. Nov 5: Houston: Benny Goodman at Houston Club. Nov 6: Austin TX: Benny Goodman at the University of Texas Gregory Auditorium. Nov 7: San Angelo TX: Benny Goodman at the San Angelo Coliseum. Nov 8: Off. Nov 9: St. Louis: Benny Goodman at Kiel Memorial Auditorium. Nov 10: Off. Nov 11: College Park MD: Benny Goodman at the University of Maryland Cole Field House. Nov 12: College Park MD: Open. Nov 13: Pittsburgh: Benny Goodman at Syria Mosque. Nov 14: Philadelphia: Benny Goodman at Academy of Music. Nov 15: New York: Goodman date for Columbia. Nov 17-18: New York: Goodman date for Columbia. Nov 30: Bronx NY: Adams attends a Giants football game at Yankee Stadium. cDec: New York: Gig with Kenny Burrell, et al. Dec 21: Hackensack NJ: Donald Byrd date for Blue Note, with Jackie McLean, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, and Arthur Taylor. Dec 30: New York: Chet Baker date for Riverside, with Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, et al. 1959 Jan: New York: Four or five week Chet Baker gig, with Don Friedman and Doug Watkins. Jan: New York: Rehearsals for Thelonious Monk date at Town Hall, with Donald Byrd, Phil Woods, Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones, et al. Jan: New York: Urbie Green big band gig at Birdland: John Frosk, Marky Markowitz, Burt Collins, Johnny Carisi tp; Eddie Bert, Billy Byers tb; Hal McKusick as; Rolf Kuhn cl; Pepper Adams bs; John Bunch p; Teddy Kotick b; Nick Stabulas dm. cJan: New York: Fred Karlin gig: Burt Collins tp; Billy Byers tb; Gene Quill as; Frank Socolow ts; Pepper Adams bs; John Knapp p; Dave Perlan b; Roy Burns dm. Jan 19: New York: Chet Baker date for Riverside, with Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, et al. -----      New York: Various Monday night Birdland gigs with Sonny Clarke, Doug Watkins, and Ray Mosca, sometimes with Kenny Dorham added. Feb: New York: Rehearsals for Thelonious Monk date at Town Hall, with Donald Byrd, Phil Woods, Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones, et al. Feb 2-3: New York: Urbie Green big band date for RCA. Feb 4: New York: Charles Mingus date for Atlantic, with Jimmy Knepper, Jackie McLean, Booker Ervin, et al. Feb 5: Hackensack NJ: Jerry Valentine date for Prestige, Idrees Sulieman, Coleman Hawkins, Ray Bryant, et al. Feb 28: Hackensack NJ: Thelonious Monk tentet date at Town Hall for Riverside, with Donald Byrd, Phil Woods, Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones, et al. Mar: Thelonious Monk's management company cancels Monk's three-week, eight-city tour of colleges, beginning in early April, after unfavorable reviews about the February 28th Town Hall concert are written in the New York Times by John S. Wilson and in the Village Voice by Nat Hentoff. Adams' entire schedule for the month of March was dedicated to paid rehearsals, at which the Monk band was to rehearse new Hall Overton arrangements written for the upcoming tour. The tour's cancellation negated two month's of work for all of its bandmembers. Mar 24-Apr 5: New York: The Pepper Adams Quintet, featuring Donald Byrd, plays the Village Vanguard opposite Bill Evans (first week) and Gloria Lynne with the Johnny Banks Trio (second week). Apr 1-5: New York: The Pepper Adams Quintet at the Village Vanguard. See Mar 24-Apr 5. Apr 10: New York: Benny Goodman Swing Into Spring telecast. Apr 17: New York: Benny Goodman Orchestra rehearsal for upcoming three week tour. Apr 24: Hershey PA: Gig with Benny Goodman, probably at Hershey Park. Herb Geller and Pepper Adams are featured, with the rhythm section (Russ Freeman, Turk Van Lake, Scott LaFaro, Roy Burns), on Bernie's Tune. Other bandmembers are Taft Jordan and Bob Wilber. Dakota Staton and the Ahmad Jamal Trio are also on this General Artists tour package. Apr 26: Montreal: Gig with Benny Goodman at the Forum, then Adams and Herb Geller sit in after hours at the Little Vienna with trumpeter Herbie Spanier. Apr 27: Montreal: Goodman off, but Adams does small group gig at Vieux Moulin with Herb Geller, Scott LaFaro, and Roy Burns. Apr 28: Toronto: Gig with Benny Goodman at Maple Leaf Gardens. Apr 29: Buffalo: Gig with Benny Goodman at Kleinhans Music Hall. cApr 30: New York: Gig with Benny Goodman at Madison Square Garden. May: Dallas: Adams rooms with Taft Jordan and shares an elevator ride in their hotel with Lassie, the celebrity television show collie, who was in town on a promotional tour. May: Iowa City IA: Gig with Benny Goodman at the University of Iowa. cMay 13: Pittsburgh: Gig with Benny Goodman at the Old Mosque. cMay 14: New York: Returns from Goodman tour. May 29: New York: Four-hour, Friday night jazz cruise, with several bands playing on various decks, including the Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet, the Horace Silver Quintet, the Sam Most Quartet with Curtis Fuller, et al. May 31: Hackensack NJ: Donald Byrd date for Blue Note, with Charlie Rouse, Walter Davis Jr., Sam Jones, and Arthur Taylor. cJune 9: New York: Adams moves to a cold water flat at 76 Jefferson Street, Studio 4. Summer: New York: Mal Waldron gig at Five Spot with Roy Haynes. July 11: Adams is honorably discharged from the Army Reserve. July 21-22: New York: Chet Baker date for Riverside, with Zoot Sims, et al. July 28-Aug 2: Washington: Pepper Adams gig at the Caverns. Aug 1-2: Washington: Pepper Adams gig at the Caverns. See July 28-Aug 2. Oct 5-10 Toronto: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet at Jazz City. Oct 26-31: Pittsburgh: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet at the Crawford Grill. Oct 31: Pittsburgh: Adams attends the Pittsburgh-Syracuse college football game at Pitt Stadium. Nov 8: Washington: The Pepper Adams Quartet, the John Coltrane Quartet, the Philly Joe Jones Quintet, and the Shirley Horne Trio with Bill Harris perform at the Statler Hotel. Nov 17-18: New York: Philly Joe Jones date for Riverside, with Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester, Jimmy Garrison, et al. Nov 28: New York: Town Hall concert extravaganza: 1) Four tunes by Ornette Coleman's Quartet (with Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgins), 2) Two piano solo by Cecil Taylor, 3) a duet by Lee Konitz and Ernestine Anderson, 4) three tunes by Thelonious Monk's Trio (with Scott LaFaro and Elvin Jones), 5) followed by Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet with Curtis Fuller, McCoy Tyner, et al., 6) two tunes by John Coltrane, 7) Pepper Adams plays two blues with Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims, Count Basie, George Duvivier, and Arthur Taylor. cDec: New York: Unreleased date, possibly for Stinson, his sixth as a leader, with Tommy Flanagan, George Duvivier, and Danny Richmond. Dec 24: New York: Jam session at Gene Smith's Sixth Avenue loft. Dec 31: New York: New Year's Eve jam session at Gene Smith's Sixth Avenue loft, with Lee Morgan, Zoot Sims, Sam Parkins, Jimmy Raney, Sonny Clark, Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes. 1960 Jan: New York: Oliver Shearer date for Columbia, with Buck Clayton, Kiane Zawadi, Jackie McLean, Bill Barron, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Burrell, Doug Watkins, and Elvin Jones. Feb: New York: Urbie Green big band date for Command. Mar 15-27: San Francisco: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet at the Jazz Workshop, with Duke Pearson, Doug Watkins, and Lex Humphries. cApr: New York: Teddy Charles stereophonic showcase sampler date for Warwick, with Donald Byrd, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones. cApr: Pittsburgh: Pepper Adams-J.R. Monterose Quintet plays a ten day gig, with Hod O'Brien, Bobby Boswell (b), and Dick Martinez (dm). cApr: New York: Pepper Adams-J.R. Monterose Quintet, with Hod O'Brien, Bobby Boswell (b), and Dick Martinez (dm). Apr 27-28: New York: Tony Zano big band date, later released on Balmore, with Curtis Fuller, Charlie Mariano, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Charli Persip, et al. May 6-8: Montreal: Gig at the Little Vienna with Keith White. May 13-15: Montreal: Return engagement at the Little Vienna with Keith White, Stan Zadak, and Billy Barwick. On the 14th Toots Thielemans sits in on harmonica and Adams and Thielemans do cigarette comedy routines. May 24-29: Detroit: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet, with Duke Pearson and Doug Watkins, at the Minor Key. June 13: New York: Howard McGhee date for Bethlehem, with Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter, et al. cJuly 1: New York: Oliver Shearer date for Columbia, with Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Timmons, Henry Grimes, Lex Humphries, et al. July 2: Philadelphia: First gig of twenty-day tour with the Woody Herman Orchestra: Bill Chase, John Bennett, Don Rader, Bill Berry, Ziggy Harrell tp; Jimmy Guinn, Bob Jenkins, Kent McGarity tb; Woody Herman as, cl, voc; Don Lamphere, Gordon Brisker, Mickey Folus ts; Pepper Adams bs; Marty Harris p; Alex Cirin b; Jimmy Campbell dm.. July: WI: Woody Herman gig. July 20: Chicago: Woody Herman gig at the Court Theater. July 26-31: Cleveland: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet, with Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, and Teddy Robinson. Aug 2-14: Chicago: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet at the Bird House, with Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, and Lex Humphries. After Humphries unexpectedly leaves the band, Byrd replaces him with Harold Jones for the rest of the engagement, and then Joe Dukes is added for the remainder of the tour. Aug 16-21: Minneapolis: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet, with Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, and Joe Dukes. Aug 23-28: Dallas: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet, with Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, and Joe Dukes. Aug 30-Sept 4: Salt Lake City: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet with Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, and Joe Dukes. Sept 1-4: Salt Lake City: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet. See Aug 30-Sept 4. Sept 6-18: Denver: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet, with Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, and Joe Dukes. Sept 8: Copenhagen: Oscar Pettiford dies at age 37. Sept 20-25: Detroit: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet at the Minor Key, with Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, and Joe Dukes. Adams meets Claudette Nadra, who he would marry fifteen years later. Sept 27-Oct 2: Kansas City: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet gig, with Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, and Joe Dukes. Oct 1-2: Kansas City: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet. See Sept 27-Oct 2. Oct 4-9: Pittsburgh: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet gig, with Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, and Joe Dukes. Adams attends the Pittsburgh-Miami college football game at Pitt Stadium on the 8th and the Steelers-Giants professional football game at Pitt Stadium on the 9th. Oct 11-16: Chicago: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet gig, with Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, and Joe Dukes. Adams attends the Bears-49ers professional football game on the 16th. Oct 18-23: Detroit: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet gig, with Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, and Joe Dukes, at Club 12 (formerly Klein's). cNov: New York: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet, with Red Garland, play Small's Paradise opposite the Ray Bryant Trio. cNov 6: New York: Donald Byrd fires Joe Dukes before the November 11 Half Note recording and rehires Lex Humphries. Nov 8-13: New York: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet gig at the Half Note, with Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, and Lex Humphries. Live date, under Byrd's name, for Blue Note on the 11th, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder. Mid-Nov: New York: Adams' seventh date as leader, for Bethlehem, with Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, and Louis Hayes. Nov 25-Dec 11:Chicago: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet at The Counter Joint in the Piccadilly Hotel. While in town, Byrd hires Herbie Hancock to replace Duke Pearson. Dec 1-Dec 11:Chicago: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet at The Counter Joint. See Nov. 25-Dec 11. Dec 13-20: Milwaukee: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet gig at Curro's, with Herbie Hancock, Laymon Jackson, and Lex Humphries. 1961 Jan: New York: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet at the Five Spot, with Herbie Hancock and Laymon Jackson. Jan: New York: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet date for Warwick, his eighth date as either leader or co-leader, with Herbie Hancock, Laymon Jackson, and Jimmy Cobb. Jan 10-22: Chicago: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet, with Herbie Hancock and Laymon Jackson, at the Birdhouse. Feb 6-18: Philadelphia: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet at the New Showboat, with Herbie Hancock, Laymon Jackson, and Teddy Robinson. This is the beginning of a two-month tour of Eastern Canada and the Midwestern U.S. Feb 20-23: Montreal: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet. Feb 24: Toronto: Donald Byrd-Pepper Quintet at the Museum Theatre of the Royal Ontario Museum. Feb 25 or 26: Toronto: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet gig, possibly a concert at York University. Feb 28-Mar 5: Chicago: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet at the Birdhouse, with Herbie Hancock, Laymon Jackson, and Teddy Robinson Mar 1-5: Chicago: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet at the Birdhouse. See Feb 28-Mar 5. Mar 6-19: Indianapolis: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet at the Topper Lounge, with Herbie Hancock, Laymon Jackson, and Teddy Robinson. A live television performance, possibly on the Jim Gerard Show, is broadcast from Indianapolis during this engagement. Mar 21-26: Buffalo?: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet gig. Mar 28-Apr 2: Rochester NY: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet, with Herbie Hancock, Laymon Jackson, and Teddy Robinson, play The Impulse. Apr 1-2: Rochester NY: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet. See Mar 28-Apr 2. Byrd fires Laymon Jackson after the gig. Apr 17: Englewood Cliffs NJ: Donald Byrd date for Blue Note, with Herbie Hancock, Doug Watkins, and Teddy Robinson. cApr 18-29: New York: Gig at Birdland with Quincy Jones Big Band (20 pieces: Clark Terry, Johnny Coles, Julius Watkins, Curtis Fuller, Frank Rehak, Mickey Gravine, Phil Woods, Eric Dixon, Pepper Adams, Patti Bown, Les Spann, et al). May 2: Englewood Cliffs NJ: Donald Byrd date for Blue Note, with Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, and Philly Joe Jones. cSummer: New York: Monica Zetterlund date with Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams, produced by Leonard Feather, possibly for Hanover. June 15-18: Cleveland: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet at The Algiers. June 20-25: St. Louis: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet, with Herbie Hancock, Cleveland Eaton, and Teddy Robinson, at Jorgie's. June 27-July 2:Kansas City: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet gig. July 1-2: Kansas City: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet gig. See June 27-July 2. cJuly: Chicago: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet at Birdland opposite the Metropolitan Jazz Octet (with Ron Kolber and Lonnie Hillyer). cJuly: Detroit: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet, opposite Dinah Washington, at the Minor Key. Aug 2: New York: Willie Wilson date for Prestige, with Freddie Hubbard, Duke Pearson, Lex Humphries, et al. cAug 20: New York: Thelonious Monk's tentet plays the Randall's Island Jazz Festival with the same personnel, except for Eddie Bert, as February 28, 1959. Sept 21: Englewood Cliffs NJ: Donald Byrd date for Blue Note, with Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins. Sept 22: New York: Pepper Adams gives a talk about jazz recordings to the United Nations Jazz Society. Oct 17-22: St. Louis: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet gig at Jorgie's. Oct 24-29: Kansas City: Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet gig. The club closes and the band isn't paid.