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:  +Eleven:  Modern Jazz Classic (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series) (2022)

Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument Jazz, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Craft Recordings

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Move (3:28)

 2.  Groovin' High (3:22)

 3.  Opus De Funk (3:13)

 4.  Round Midnight (3:32)

 5.  Four Brothers (2:57)

 6.  Shawnuff (2:58)

Side 2:

 1.  Bernie's Tune (2:41)

 2.  Walkin' Shoes (3:31)

 3.  Anthropology (3:19)

 4.  Airegin (3:01)

 5.  Walkin' (5:15)

 6.  Donna Lee (3:23)

Personnel:

Art Pepper:  Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet on All Tracks

Pete Candoli:  Trumpet on Tracks:  3, 4 Side 1, 2, 4 Side 2

Al Porcina:  Trumpet n Tracks:  1, 2, 5, 6 Side 1, 1, 3, 5, 6 Side 2

Jack Sheldon:  Trumpet n Track on All Tracks

Bob Enevoldsen:  Valve Trombone, Tenor Saxophone on All Tracks

Dick Nash:  Trombone on All Tracks

Vincent DeRosa:  French Horn on All Tracks

Herb Geller:  Alto Saxophone on Tracks:  3, 4 Side 1, 2, 4 Side 1

Bud Shank:  Alto Saxophone on Tracks:  2, 6 Side 1, 3 Side 2

Charlie Kennedy:  Alto Saxophone on Tracks:  1, 5 Side 1, 1, 5, 6 Side 2

Bill Perkins:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  2-4, 6 Side 1, 2-4 Side 2

Richie Kamuca:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  1, 5 Side 1, 1, 5, 6 Side 2

Med Flory:  Baritone Saxophone on All Tracks

Russ Freeman:  Piano on All Tracks

Joe Mondragon:  Bass on All Tracks

Mel Lewis:  Drums on All Tracks

+Eleven:  Modern Jazz Classic is a 1960 album by Art Pepper, originally released on January 1960 by Contemporary/OJC, remastered and reissued on May 13, 2022 by Craft Recordings.  180 Gram Vinyl.