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 Meets The Rhythm Section (Contemporary Acoustic Sounds Series) (2023) 

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

Label:  Craft Recordings

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (5:25)

 2.  Red Pepper Blues (3:37)

 3.  Imagination (5:52)

 4.  Waltz Me Blues (2:56)

 5.  Straight Life (3:59)

Side 2:

 1.  Jazz Me Blues (4:47)

 2.  Tin Tin Deo (7:42)

 3.  Star Eyes (5:12)

 4.  Binks Works (4:17)

 5.  The Man I Love (6:36)

Personnel:

Art Pepper:  Alto Saxophone

Red Garland:  Piano

Paul Chambers:  Bass

Philly Joe Jones:  Drums

Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section is a 1957 album by Art Pepper, originally released in 1957 by Contemporary Records, remastered and reissued on February 24, 2023 by Craft Recordings.  Pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl.   For Jazz Music Lovers, and Jazz Music Collectors.  Highly Recommended!.