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MUSICIAN

Pepper Adams

1930 - 1986

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Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a sideman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pepper Adams has received more than 237,057 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Pepper Adams is the 1,490th most popular musician (down from 1,264th in 2019), the 7,437th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,262nd in 2019) and the 568th most popular American Musician.

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  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Pepper Adams ranks 1,490 out of 2,662Before him are Alex Turner, Jeff Mills, Boz Burrell, Steve Hogarth, Afrojack, and Marc Ribot. After him are Mick Thomson, Thurston Moore, Joe Morello, Daniel Viglietti, Guy Berryman, and Gilby Clarke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Pepper Adams ranks 404Before him are Pat Robertson, Richard Davalos, Robert Atkins, Fred Saberhagen, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, and Atef Sedky. After him are Alphonse Alley, Sachiko Hidari, José Guardiola, Francesco Maselli, Judit Temes, and Geoffrey Holder. Among people deceased in 1986, Pepper Adams ranks 205Before him are Jackson Scholz, Reinhold Münzenberg, Forrest Tucker, Blanche Sweet, Alicia Moreau de Justo, and Jo Gartner. After him are Heather Angel, Felipe Rosas, Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveira, Brian Aherne, Sulo Bärlund, and Yaşar Erkan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pepper Adams ranks 7,437 out of 18,182Before him are Sarah Silverman (1970), June Lockhart (1925), Paul Creston (1906), Ben Foster (1980), Scott Kelly (1964), and Marc Ribot (1954). After him are Gwen Verdon (1925), Mick Thomson (1973), Marilyn Ferguson (1938), Don Bragg (1935), Cathy Moriarty (1960), and Thurston Moore (1958).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Pepper Adams ranks 568Before him are Hal Blaine (1929), Hal David (1921), ASAP Rocky (1988), Michael Franks (1944), Jeff Mills (1963), and Marc Ribot (1954). After him are Mick Thomson (1973), Thurston Moore (1958), Joe Morello (1928), Gilby Clarke (1962), Jimmy Miller (1942), and Lee Ranaldo (1956).