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 Jazz, 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:  The Return Of Art Pepper  (2018)
Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Greyscale
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Pepper Returns  (4:25)
 2.  Broadway  (4:59)
 3.  You Go To My Head  (4:17)
 4.  Angel Wings  (4:42)
 5.  Funny Blues  (4:37)
 6.  Five More  (4:41)
 7.  Minority  (4:17)
 8.  Patricia  (3:37)
 9.  Mambo De La Pinta  (4:15)
10. Walkin' Out Blues  (5:56)

Bonus Tracks:

11. Pepper Steak  (3:49)
12. You're Driving Me Crazy  (5:07)
13. Tenor Blooz  (5:01)
14. Yardbird Suite  (5:43)
15. Straight Life  (3:20)

Personnel:

Tracks:  1-10:

Art Pepper:  Alto Saxophone
Jack Sheldon:  Trumpet on Tracks:  1, 2, 4-7, 9, 10
Russ Freeman:  Piano
Leroy Vinnegar:  Bass
Shelly Manne:  Drums

Tracks:  11-15:

Art Pepper:  Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Red Norvo:  Vibarharp
Gerald Wiggins:  Piano
Ben Tucker:  Bass
Joe Morello:  Drums

The Return Of Art Pepper is an album by Art Pepper, originally released in 1957 by Jazz West, remastered and reissued on July 27, 2018 by Greyscale, with 5 Bonus Tracks, featuring Jack Sheldon, Russ Freeman, Leroy Vinnegar, Shelly Manne, Red Norvo, Ben Tucker and Joe Morello.