Art Pepper

Artist:  Art Pepper
Birth Name:  Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr.
Born:  September 1, 1925. Gardena, California, USA
Died:  June 15, 1982 (Aged 56).  Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Saxophonist, Clarinetist, Composer
Instruments:  Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet

Art Pepper was an American Alto Saxophonist and Clarinetist.  He began playing professionally at the age of 17, with Benny Carter and then became part of the Stan Kenton Orchestra and he was recognized as one of the leading Alto Saxophonists in Jazz, finishing second only to Charlie Parker as Best Alto Saxophonist in the Down Beat Magazine Readers Poll of 1952.

Title:  Art Pepper Presents "West Coast Sessions!" Volume 4 With Bill Watrous  (2017)
Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Omnivore Recordings
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

 1.  Just Friends  (5:28)
 2  Begin The Beguine  (6:50)
 3.  When Your Lover Has Gone  (6:44)
 4.  For Art's Sake  (4:56)
 5.  Funny Blues  (7:05)
 6.  Angel Eyes  (6:47)
 7.  P. Town  (6:35)
 8.  Funny Blues (Alternate Take)  (7:36)
 9.  Angel Eyes (Alternate Version)  (6:13)

Personnel:

Art Pepper:  Saxophone
Bob Magnusson:  Bass
Bill Watrous:  Trombone
Russ Freeman:  Piano
Carl Burnett:  Drums

Art Pepper Presents "West Coast Sessions!" Volume 4 With Bill Watrous is an album by Art Pepper, was released on June 30, 2017 by Omnivore Recordings, featuring Russ Freeman, Bill Watrous,

Bob Magnusson, and Carl Burnett.